The molecular architecture of the nuclear pore complex
10.1038/nature06405
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Alber, F., Dokudovskaya, S., Veenhoff, L. M., Zhang, W., Kipper, J., Devos, D., Suprapto, A., Karni-Schmidt, O., Williams, R., Chait, B. T., Sali, A., & Rout, M. P. (2007). The molecular architecture of the nuclear pore complex. Nature, 450(7170), 695–701.

Authors 12
  1. Frank Alber (first)
  2. Svetlana Dokudovskaya (additional)
  3. Liesbeth M. Veenhoff (additional)
  4. Wenzhu Zhang (additional)
  5. Julia Kipper (additional)
  6. Damien Devos (additional)
  7. Adisetyantari Suprapto (additional)
  8. Orit Karni-Schmidt (additional)
  9. Rosemary Williams (additional)
  10. Brian T. Chait (additional)
  11. Andrej Sali (additional)
  12. Michael P. Rout (additional)
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@article{Alber_2007, title={The molecular architecture of the nuclear pore complex}, volume={450}, ISSN={1476-4687}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature06405}, DOI={10.1038/nature06405}, number={7170}, journal={Nature}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, author={Alber, Frank and Dokudovskaya, Svetlana and Veenhoff, Liesbeth M. and Zhang, Wenzhu and Kipper, Julia and Devos, Damien and Suprapto, Adisetyantari and Karni-Schmidt, Orit and Williams, Rosemary and Chait, Brian T. and Sali, Andrej and Rout, Michael P.}, year={2007}, month=nov, pages={695–701} }