The Structure of the nuclear pore complex

Annual Review of Biochemistry

Volumn 80, Issue , 2011, Pages 613-643

  Hoelz, André ^a   Debler, Erik W ^b   Blobel, Güter ^b,c  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b Laboratory of Cell Biology   (United States)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

helical solenoid; propeller; binding promiscuity; membrane coats; nucleocytoplasmic transport; nucleoporin

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; GLYCINE; KARYOPHERIN BETA; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEAR TRANSPORT FACTOR 2; NUCLEOPORIN; NUCLEOPORIN NIC96; NUCLEOPORIN NUP1; NUCLEOPORIN NUP159; NUCLEOPORIN NUP2; NUCLEOPORIN NUP49; NUCLEOPORIN NUP50; NUCLEOPORIN NUP57; NUCLEOPORIN NUP60; NUCLEOPORIN NUP82; NUCLEOPORIN NUP84; PHENYLALANINE; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN MLP1; PROTEIN MLP2; PROTEIN NSP1; PROTEIN P15; PROTEIN RANGDP; PROTEIN TAP; PROTEIN TPR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR PORE COMPLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TANDEM REPEAT; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; BETA KARYOPHERINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEAR ENVELOPE; NUCLEAR PORE; NUCLEAR PORE COMPLEX PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EUKARYOTA; SOLENOIDEA;

EID: 79959423595     PISSN: 00664154     EISSN: 00664154     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-biochem-060109-151030     Document Type: Article

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