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Solving the NES problem

How can a single protein recognize and bind a variety of partner proteins that vary in sequence and structure? Analysis of the nuclear export receptor CRM1 provides new insight and surprising conclusions.

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Mattaj, I., Müller, C. Solving the NES problem. Nat Struct Mol Biol 17, 1288–1289 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nsmb1110-1288

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