The Nuclear Pore Complex: Oily Spaghetti or Gummy Bear?

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  • Karsten Weis
چکیده

In this issue, Frey and Görlich (2007) provide new insight into the selective barrier that controls protein traffic through the nuclear pore complex. They show that a single protein domain of the nuclear pore protein Nsp1 can form a hydrogel that allows highly selective access of nuclear transport receptors and their cargos, but rejects other proteins of similar size.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Cell

دوره 130  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2007