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550 Current Genomics, 2009, 10, 550-557 Mechanisms and Signals for the Nuclear Import of Proteins Natália Freitas and Celso Cunha* Unidade de Biologia Molecular, Centro de Malária e outras Doenças Tropicais, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Rua da Junqueira, 96 1349-008 Lisboa, Portugal Abstract: In eukaryotes, the nuclear membrane provides a physical barrier to the passive diffusion of macromolecules from