A jumbo problem: Mapping the structure and functions of the nuclear pore complex

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 92-99

  Fernandez Martinez, Javier ^a   Rout, Michael P ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOPORIN;

AGING; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEAR PORE COMPLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; STRUCTURAL BIOINFORMATICS; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; HUMANS; NUCLEAR PORE; NUCLEAR PORE COMPLEX PROTEINS;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84857689254     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: 18790410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2011.12.013     Document Type: Review

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