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Hypothesis of the mechanism of NPC stretch activation. (A) NPC rest condition. (B) External forces act on SUN1 (yellow), which induces the basket opening. The basket opening may influence the NPC permeability with consequent flux alteration (1). Moreover, the basket stretching may rearrange the architecture of the DNA genes directly connected to it (purple) (2).
