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Nuclear Localization Signals

Known as: NLS Peptide, Nuclear Localization Signal Peptide, Nuclear Localization Signals [Chemical/Ingredient] 
Short, predominantly basic amino acid sequences identified as nuclear import signals for some proteins. These sequences are believed to interact with… 
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Identification of a Highly Conserved, Functional Nuclear Localization Signal within the N-Terminal Region of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 VP1-2 Tegument Protein
ABSTRACT VP1-2 is a large structural protein assembled into the tegument compartment of the virion, conserved across the… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Nuclear import: A tale of two sites
Review
1997
Review
1997
Nuclear localization signals: a driving force for nuclear transport of plasmid DNA in zebrafish.
Nuclear localization signals (NLSs) are short peptides required for nuclear transport of karyophilic proteins. We review in this… 
Review
1995
Review
1995
Nucleocytoplasmic shuttling of steroid receptors.
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Arginine-rich regions succeeding the nuclear localization region of the herpes simplex virus type 1 regulatory protein ICP27 are required for efficient nuclear localization and late gene expression
The herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) immediate-early protein ICP27 is an essential regulatory protein that localizes to the… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
The VirD2 protein of Agrobacterlum tumefaciens carries nuclear localization signals important for transfer of T-DNA to plants
Agrobacterium tumefaciens is able to transfer a piece of DNA, the T-DNA, to the nucleus of the plant cell. The VirD2 protein is… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Identification of an N-terminal domain of eukaryotic DNA topoisomerase I dispensable for catalytic activity but essential for in vivo function.
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Nuclear localization signals, but not putative leucine zipper motifs, are essential for nuclear transport of hepatitis delta antigen
Hepatitis delta antigen (HDAg) is the only known protein of hepatitis delta virus and was previously shown to localize in the… 
Review
1991
Review
1991
c-myc oncoprotein function.
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Nuclear protein import: specificity for transport across the nuclear pore.
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