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    FEBS Lett. 1994 Aug 15;350(1):55-60.

    Multiple nuclear localization signals of the B-myb gene product.

    Takemoto Y, Tashiro S, Handa H, Ishii S.

    Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Tsukuba Life Science Center, Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Ibaraki, Japan.

    Nuclear entry of the B-myb gene product (B-Myb) is dependent on multiple nuclear localization signals (NLS's). Mutagenesis of the putative NLS's of B-Myb has identified two separate NLS's, NLS1 and NLS2. Each of the two NLS's is essential for efficient nuclear targeting. NLS2 contains two interdependent basic domains separated by 8 intervening spacer amino acids, and both basic domains are required for nuclear entry. Thus, NLS2 belongs to a class of bipartite NLS's. Like the NLS's in yeast transcription factor SW15, NLS2 contains a putative cdc2 kinase site. However, unlike the case of SW15, phosphorylation at this site did not affect the nuclear targeting of B-Myb.

    PMID: 8062924 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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