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Short, predominantly basic amino acid sequences identified as nuclear import signals for some proteins. These sequences are believed to interact with specific receptors at the NUCLEAR PORE.
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- NLS Peptide
- Nuclear Localization Signal
- Nuclear Localization Signal Peptide
- NLS Peptides
- Peptide, NLS
- Peptides, NLS
- Signal, Nuclear Localization
- Signals, Nuclear Localization
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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analogs & derivatives, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, drug effects, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.
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1998; for NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL PEPTIDE use NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL (NM) 1990-2000
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- National Library of Medicine. Nuclear Localization Signals. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D019913. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D019913
- Nuclear Localization Signals. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_localization_sequence
- Nuclear Localization Signals. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q910966