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Cells > Cellular Structures > Subcellular Fractions > Intracellular Membranes > Nuclear Envelope
Cells > Cellular Structures > Cell Membrane > Intracellular Membranes > Nuclear Envelope
Cells > Cellular Structures > Cell Membrane > Cell Membrane Structures > Nuclear Envelope
... > Fluids and Secretions > Body Fluids > Body Fluid Compartments > Intracellular Space > Cytoplasm > Cytoplasmic Structures > Organelles > Cell Nucleus > Cell Nucleus Structures > Nuclear Envelope
... > Tissues > Body Fluid Compartments > Intracellular Space > Cytoplasm > Cytoplasmic Structures > Organelles > Cell Nucleus > Cell Nucleus Structures > Nuclear Envelope
... > Cells > Cellular Structures > Intracellular Space > Cytoplasm > Cytoplasmic Structures > Organelles > Cell Nucleus > Cell Nucleus Structures > Nuclear Envelope

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Nuclear Envelope  

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Entry terms

  • Membrane, Nuclear
  • Membranes, Nuclear
  • Nuclear Membrane
  • Nuclear Membranes

Scope note

  • The membrane system of the CELL NUCLEUS that surrounds the nucleoplasm. It consists of two concentric membranes separated by the perinuclear space. The structures of the envelope where it opens to the cytoplasm are called the nuclear pores (NUCLEAR PORE).

History note

  • 2001

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D009685

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