Charge as a selection criterion for translocation through the nuclear pore complex

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Colwell, Lucy J ^a   Brenner, Michael P ^a   Ribbeck, Katharina ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; PROTEINS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

CELLULAR PROTEINS; COMPLEX COMPONENTS; HIGHLY SELECTIVE FILTERS; HYDROPHOBIC SURFACES; NEGATIVELY CHARGED; NUCLEAR PORE COMPLEXES; PERMEABILITY BARRIERS; SELECTION CRITERIA; SELECTIVE FILTERING; SURFACE REGION;

HYDROPHOBICITY;

CELL PROTEIN; NUCLEOPORIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR PORE COMPLEX; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STATIC ELECTRICITY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEAR PORE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; THERMODYNAMICS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PORE; NUCLEAR PORE COMPLEX PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STATIC ELECTRICITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 77954592261     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000747     Document Type: Article

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