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Nuclear Import and Export in Plants and Animals pp 100–117Cite as

Regulation of Nuclear Import and Export of Proteins in Plants and Its Role in Light Signal Transduction

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The nuclear envelope separates the theatres of two major cellular processes in eukaryotes: transcription takes place in the nucleus whereas proteins are synthesized in the cytoplasm. The localization of these processes in two different compartments of the cell implies that macromolecules must be exchanged very rapidly and efficiendy between the nucleus and the cytoplasm in order to ensure proper regulation of signaling and metabolism of a living cell.

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    Stefan Kircher & Eberhard Schäfer

  2. Center for Biotechnology, Universität Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany

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  3. Biological Research Center, Plant Biology Institute, Szeged

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Kircher, S., Merkle, T., Schäfer, E., Nagy, F. (2005). Regulation of Nuclear Import and Export of Proteins in Plants and Its Role in Light Signal Transduction. In: Nuclear Import and Export in Plants and Animals. Molecular Biology Intelligence Unit. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-27747-1_7

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