Nuclear envelope and nuclear pore assembly: Analysis of assembly intermediates by electron microscopy

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 409-415

  Gant, Tracey Michele ^a   Goldberg, Martin W ^b   Allen, Terence D ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EUKARYOTIC CELL; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0031833803     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(98)80018-5     Document Type: Article

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