The structure of the nuclear pore complex (an update)

DH Lin, A Hoelz - Annual review of biochemistry, 2019 - annualreviews.org
The nuclear pore complex (NPC) serves as the sole bidirectional gateway of
macromolecules in and out of the nucleus. Owing to its size and complexity (∼ 1,000 protein …

The nuclear pore complex as a flexible and dynamic gate

KE Knockenhauer, TU Schwartz - Cell, 2016 - cell.com
Nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) perforate the nuclear envelope and serve as the primary
transport gates for molecular exchange between nucleus and cytoplasm. Strip** the …

On the role of phase separation in the biogenesis of membraneless compartments

A Musacchio - The EMBO journal, 2022 - embopress.org
Molecular mechanistic biology has ushered us into the world of life's building blocks,
revealing their interactions in macromolecular complexes and inspiring strategies for …

Transport selectivity of nuclear pores, phase separation, and membraneless organelles

HB Schmidt, D Görlich - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2016 - cell.com
Nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) provide a selective passageway for receptor-mediated
active transport between nucleus and cytoplasm, while maintaining the distinct molecular …

The nuclear pore complex and nuclear transport

SR Wente, MP Rout - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives …, 2010 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Internal membrane bound structures sequester all genetic material in eukaryotic cells. The
most prominent of these structures is the nucleus, which is bounded by a double membrane …

Highly inclined thin illumination enables clear single-molecule imaging in cells

M Tokunaga, N Imamoto, K Sakata-Sogawa - Nature methods, 2008 - nature.com
We describe a simple illumination method of fluorescence microscopy for molecular
imaging. Illumination by a highly inclined and thin beam increases image intensity and …

Components and regulation of nuclear transport processes

B Cautain, R Hill, N de Pedro, W Link - The FEBS journal, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The spatial separation of DNA replication and gene transcription in the nucleus and protein
translation in the cytoplasm is a uniform principle of eukaryotic cells. This …

Molecular mechanism of the nuclear protein import cycle

M Stewart - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2007 - nature.com
The nuclear import of proteins through nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) illustrates how a
complex biological function can be generated by a spatially and temporally organized cycle …

Advances in single-molecule fluorescence methods for molecular biology

C Joo, H Balci, Y Ishitsuka, C Buranachai… - Annu. Rev …, 2008 - annualreviews.org
Ever since their introduction two decades ago, single-molecule (SM) fluorescence methods
have matured and branched out to address numerous biological questions, which were …

Fluorescent nanodiamonds: past, present, and future

MH Alkahtani, F Alghannam, L Jiang, A Almethen… - …, 2018 - degruyter.com
Multi-color fluorescent nanodiamonds (FNDs) containing a variety of color centers are
promising fluorescent markers for biomedical applications. Compared to colloidal quantum …