| GO term: | SMAD protein import into nucleus |
| Synonym: | SMAD protein nuclear translocation |
| GO id: | GO:0007184 |
| Definition: | The directed movement of a SMAD proteins from the cytoplasm into the nucleus. Pathway-restricted SMAD proteins and common-partner SMAD proteins are involved in the transforming growth factor beta receptor signaling pathways. |
| Comments | Note that 'translocation' is sometimes used in the literature to refer to the entire process of protein import into the nucleus, but in GO refers specifically to the step in which a cargo-carrier protein complex moves through the nuclear pore complex. |
| Number of paths to term: | 77 |
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