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Nuclear mRNA export.

L E Maquat
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Nuclear mRNA export through the nuclear pore complex has been proposed to be a unidirectional, signal-mediated and energy-dependent process. Evidence exists that this process can be influenced by many factors including other steps in the pathway of cytoplasmic mRNA formation, sequences of the RNA substrate that are either transcribed or added co- or post-transcriptionally, and extracellular effectors.

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L E Maquat. 1991. Nuclear mRNA export.. https://doi.org/10.1016/0955-0674(91)90121-e

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