A nuclear pore is constructed from more than one hundred proteins and can be as small as 9 nm in diameter. Therefore, large molecules with the appropriate nuclear localization sequence require the assistance of an "escort" molecule to cross the nuclear pore channel. Which of the following molecules do you believe would be too large to cross the channel unassisted?

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