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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Webster BM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4194032 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Webster Brant M BM Colombi Paolo P Jäger Jens J Lusk C Patrick CP
Cell 20141001 2
The maintenance of nuclear compartmentalization by the nuclear envelope and nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) is essential for cell function; loss of compartmentalization is associated with cancers, laminopathies, and aging. We uncovered a pathway that surveils NPC assembly intermediates to promote the formation of functional NPCs. Surveillance is mediated by Heh2, a member of the LEM (Lap2-emerin-MAN1) family of integral inner nuclear membrane proteins, which binds to an early NPC assembly intermed ...[more]