Research reveals key interaction that opens the channel into the cell's nucleus
Friday, June 5, 2015 - 18:30
in Physics & Chemistry
Cells have devised many structures for transporting molecular cargo across their protective borders, but the nuclear pore complex, with its flower-like, eight-fold symmetry, stands out. Monstrously large by cellular standards, as well as versatile, this elaborate portal controls access to and exit from the headquarters of the cell, the nucleus.