{"title":"Nuclear Pore Complex: From Structural View to Chemical Tools.","authors":"Richard W Wong","doi":"10.1016/j.chembiol.2015.10.001","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) are the macromolecular turnstiles between the cytoplasm and the nucleus that control the trafficking of proteins, RNAs and viruses. The giant NPC structures are extremely complex. Here, I highlight several recent findings on NPC architectures, and briefly discuss how chemical biologists might use this information to design synthetic devices and improve strategies for nuclear drug delivery. </p>","PeriodicalId":9772,"journal":{"name":"Chemistry & biology","volume":"22 10","pages":"1285-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2015-10-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.chembiol.2015.10.001","citationCount":"15","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Chemistry & biology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chembiol.2015.10.001","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 15
Abstract
Nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) are the macromolecular turnstiles between the cytoplasm and the nucleus that control the trafficking of proteins, RNAs and viruses. The giant NPC structures are extremely complex. Here, I highlight several recent findings on NPC architectures, and briefly discuss how chemical biologists might use this information to design synthetic devices and improve strategies for nuclear drug delivery.