Nuclear export signal
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nuclear-export-signal-198-13596420
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Nuclear export signal
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A nuclear export signal (NES) is a short target peptide containing 4 hydrophobic residues in a protein that targets it for export from the cell nucleus to the cytoplasm through the nuclear pore complex using nuclear transport. It has the opposite effect of a nuclear localization signal, which targets a protein located in the cytoplasm for import to the nucleus. The NES is recognized and bound by exportins. NESs serve several vital cellular functions. They assist in regulating the position of pro
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Amino acid sequence causing a protein to be exported from the nucleus to the cytoplasm
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_export_signal
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2023-10-23T02:21:31Z
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