Efficiency, selectivity, and robustness of nucleocytoplasmic transport

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1281-1290

  Zilman, Anton ^a,b   Di Talia, Stefano ^a   Chait, Brian T ^a   Rout, Michael P ^a   Magnasco, Marcelo O ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR NONLINEAR STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS;

BINDING-SITES; CELL NUCLEUS; EFFECTIVE POTENTIALS; FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES; HIGH SELECTIVITY; HIGH-THROUGHPUT; NUCLEAR PORE COMPLEXES; NUCLEOCYTOPLASMIC TRANSPORT; SELECTIVITY OF TRANSPORT; SPECIFIC BINDING;

BINDING SITES;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CELL NUCLEUS; DEVICE; DIFFUSION; DYNAMICS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; MACROMOLECULE; NUCLEAR PORE COMPLEX; NUCLEOCYTOPLASMIC TRANSPORT; PROTEIN INTERACTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSPORT KINETICS; ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ALLOSTERISM; BINDING COMPETITION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ENERGY TRANSFER; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR PORE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

KARYOPHERIN; NUCLEOPORIN;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; ALLOSTERIC REGULATION; AMINO ACID MOTIFS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CELL NUCLEUS; DIFFUSION; ENERGY TRANSFER; KARYOPHERINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NUCLEAR PORE; NUCLEAR PORE COMPLEX PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 34547597611     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.0030125     Document Type: Article

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