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Don't get stuck in the pore
Author(s) -
Antonin Wolfram
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the embo journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.484
H-Index - 392
eISSN - 1460-2075
pISSN - 0261-4189
DOI - 10.1038/emboj.2012.338
Subject(s) - nuclear pore , nucleoplasm , nucleoporin , biology , nuclear transport , cytoplasm , biophysics , microbiology and biotechnology , cell nucleus , nucleolus
Hydrogel‐forming nucleoporins prevent passive diffusion of inert macromolecules through nuclear pore complexes, while allowing active transport of proteins and nucleic acids across the nuclear envelope.