Karyopherin α 3 and karyopherin α 4 proteins mediate the nuclear import of methyl-CpG binding protein 2.

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Published in J Biol Chem on August 05, 2015

Authors

Steven Andrew Baker1, Laura Marie Lombardi2, Huda Yahya Zoghbi3

Author Affiliations

1: From the Program in Developmental Biology, the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas 77030 Medical Scientist Training Program.
2: the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas 77030 Department of Molecular and Human Genetics and Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
3: From the Program in Developmental Biology, the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas 77030 Department of Molecular and Human Genetics and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030 and hzoghbi@bcm.edu.

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