On the octagonal structure of the nuclear pore complex: Insights from coarse-grained models

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 2073-2085

  Wolf, Christopher ^a   Mofrad, Mohammad R K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California at Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; MECHANICAL STRESS; NUCLEAR PORE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEAR PORE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 50349086996     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.108.130336     Document Type: Article

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