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University of Texas at Austin, Texas Advanced Computing Center

Nuclear Pore Complex

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A new mechanism has been determined using supercomputer simulations for the passive transport of biomolecules through the nuclear pore complex. These apertures perforate the otherwise iron-clad membrane and act like crossing guards for protein traffic in and out of the nucleus. Side view shown of the simulation systems.

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Winogradoff, D., Chou, HY., Maffeo, C. et al. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-32857-1

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