Exceptional structural and mechanical flexibility of the nuclear pore complex

Journal of Cellular Physiology

Volumn 226, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 675-682

  Liashkovich, Ivan ^a   Meyring, Anne ^a   Kramer, Armin ^b   Shahin, Victor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOHEXANE 1,2 DIOL; CYCLOHEXANOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL NUCLEUS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MACROMOLECULE; MECHANICAL STRESS; NANOIMAGING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR PORE COMPLEX; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; MECHANICAL PHENOMENA; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; NUCLEAR PORE; OOCYTES; PERMEABILITY; PLIABILITY; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

HORDEUM;

EID: 78650649278     PISSN: 00219541     EISSN: 10974652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcp.22382     Document Type: Article

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