Atomic force microscopy visualises a hydrophobic meshwork in the central channel of the nuclear pore

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 456, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 155-162

  Kramer, Armin ^a   Liashkovich, Ivan ^a   Ludwig, Yvonne ^a   Shahin, Victor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fluorescence; Ion transport; Membrane transport; Microscopy; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; KARYOPHERIN BETA;

ANIMAL CELL; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL ISOLATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYDROPHOBICITY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NANOIMAGING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR PORE COMPLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; BETA KARYOPHERINS; FEMALE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; NUCLEAR PORE; NUCLEAR PORE COMPLEX PROTEINS; OOCYTES; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 43149094411     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: 14322013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00424-007-0396-y     Document Type: Review

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