|nuclear pore||medical dictionary|
<cell biology> Openings in the nuclear envelope, diameter about 10 nm, through which molecules such as nuclear proteins synthesised in the cytoplasm) and mRNA must pass. Pores are generated by a large protein assembly.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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