importin
Noun. (biology) Any of various karyopherins that move other protein molecules into the cell nucleus by binding to a specific recognition sequence.This is an unmodified, but possibly outdated, definition from Wiktionary and used here under the Creative Commons license. Wiktionary is a great resource. If you like it too, please donate to Wikimedia.
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