Lighting up the nuclear pore complex

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 751-758

  Kahms, Martin ^a   Hüve, Jana ^a   Wesselmann, Ramona ^a   Farr, Julia C ^a   Baumgärtel, Viola ^a   Peters, Reiner ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

FG repeats; Nuclear pore complex; Nuclear transport; Nuclear transport receptor; Super resolution microscopy; Transport model

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; GLYCINE; PHENYLALANINE;

BINDING SITE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; LASER MICROSCOPY; NUCLEAR PORE COMPLEX; NUCLEOCYTOPLASMIC TRANSPORT; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

NUCLEAR PORE; NUCLEAR PORE COMPLEX PROTEINS;

EID: 79960557348     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: 16181298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2011.04.004     Document Type: Short Survey

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