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Disorder Powers the Nuclear Pore, Biology's Busiest Gate
Key Takeaways
- Nuclear pore complexes handle hundreds of transport events per second using disordered protein mesh
- FG-nucleoporins lack rigid structure but provide selective molecular filtering
- Findings inspire synthetic nanoscale filtration and may inform neurodegenerative disease research
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DT Editorial Team··3 min read·via quantamagazine.org