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Across the nuclear pores with the help of nucleoporins

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Carmo-Fonseca, M., Hurt, E.C. Across the nuclear pores with the help of nucleoporins. Chromosoma 101, 199–205 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00365151

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