Primer sequence also· affects PCR efficiency. For example, if the primers used for PCR have complementary regions, primer dimers will be formed, and PCR efficiency will markedly decline.

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Nucleoporin

Large group of proteins that make up the nuclear pore complex. one class (FG-nucleoporins) participates in nuclear import and export.

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FG-nucleoporins, the central channel of the NPC filled with a fluidlike phase that allows the diffusion of small molecules while excluding unchaperoned hydrophilic proteins larger than 40 kDa.

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All proteins found in the nucleus, histones, transcription factors,  DNA & RNA polymerases are synthesized in the cytoplasm and imported into the nucleus through nuclear pore complexes.

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These proteins contain a nuclear-localization signal (NLS) that directs their selective transport into the  nucleus.

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NLSs were first discovered through the analysis of mutations of the gene for large T-antigen encoded by simian virus 40 (SV40).

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The wild-type form of large T-antigen is localized to the nucleus in virus-infected cells, whereas some mutated forms of large T-antigen accumulate in the cytoplasm.