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Nuclear Export Of The Oncoprotein V-Erba Is Mediated By Acquisition Of A Viral Nuclear Export Sequence, Laura J. Delong, Ghislain M.C. Bonamy, Erin N. Fink, Lizabeth A. Allison

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v-ErbA, an oncogenic derivative of the thyroid hormone receptor α (TRα) carried by the avian erythroblastosis virus, contains several alterations including fusion of a portion of avian erythroblastosis virus Gag to its N terminus, N- and C-terminal deletions, and 13 amino acid substitutions. Nuclear export of v-ErbA occurs through a CRM1-mediated pathway. In contrast, nuclear export of TRα and another isoform, TRβ, is CRM1-independent. To determine which amino acid changes in v-ErbA confer CRM1-dependent nuclear export, we expressed a panel of green and yellow fluorescent protein-tagged mutant and chimeric proteins in mammalian cells. The sensitivity of subcellular trafficking of these …