The nuclear pore complex. Toward its molecular architecture, structure, and function

Membrane Protein Transport

Volumn 3, Issue C, 1996, Pages 1-47

  Panté, Nelly ^a   Aebi, Ueli ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0344231927     PISSN: 1874592X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1874-592X(96)80003-5     Document Type: Review

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