Getting across the nuclear pore complex: New insights into nucleocytoplasmic transport

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 84, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 499-507

  Stoffler, Daniel ^a   Schwarz Herion, Kyrill ^a   Aebi, Ueli ^a   Fahrenkrog, Birthe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Nuclear pore complex; Nucleocytoplasmic transport; Scanning force microscopy

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOPORIN;

ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CYTOPLASM; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR PORE; NUCLEOCYTOPLASMIC TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; METABOLISM;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; ANIMALS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUCLEAR PORE;

EID: 33749059020     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Y06-001     Document Type: Article

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