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Alberts B, Bray D, Lewis J, et al. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 3rd edition. New York: Garland Science; 1994.

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Molecular Biology of the Cell. 3rd edition.

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Figure 8-59. The transport of mRNA molecules through nuclear pores.

Figure 8-59The transport of mRNA molecules through nuclear pores

(A) Schematic illustration of the change in the proteins bound to the RNA molecule as it moves out of the nucleus. (B) Electron micrograph of a large mRNA molecule produced in an insect salivary gland cell; this molecule ( arrow) has apparently been caught in the process of moving to the cytosol. (B, from B.J. Stevens and H. Swift, J. Cell Biol. 31:55-77, 1966, by copyright permission of the Rockefeller University Press.)

From: RNA Synthesis and RNA Processing

Copyright © 1994, Bruce Alberts, Dennis Bray, Julian Lewis, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, and James D Watson.

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