FG-rich repeats of nuclear pore proteins form a three-dimensional meshwork with hydrogel-like properties

Science

Volumn 314, Issue 5800, 2006, Pages 815-817

  Frey, Steffen ^a,b   Richter, Ralf P ^a,c   Görlich, Dirk ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; COLLOIDS; MACROMOLECULES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; YEAST;

INTER-REPEAT CONTACTS; NUCLEAR PORE COMPLEXES; NUCLEAR PORE-PASSAGE; NUCLEAR TRANSPORT RECEPTORS;

PROTEINS;

GLYCINE; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PHENYLALANINE;

CATALYSIS; CELL ORGANELLE; PROTEIN; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CROSS LINKING; HYDROGEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOPOLYMERS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PORE; NUCLEAR PORE COMPLEX PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; NUCLEOCYTOPLASMIC TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PERMEABILITY; PHENYLALANINE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, AMINO ACID; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

EID: 33750701489     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1132516     Document Type: Article

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