In situ model of the nuclear pore complex transport barrier: Tethered within the pore are highly dynamic protein threads termed FG Nups (green). Under physiological conditions, cargo-carrying ...
Smuggling its genome into the nucleus is essential for HIV to infect its host, but entering the cell’s control center is no easy feat. Molecules must pass through tightly-regulated nuclear pores on ...
The human NPC is composed of approximately 34 nucleoporin proteins. The interior, or “symmetric,” core is composed of an inner ring, and two outer rings that sit on either side of the nuclear envelope ...