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The nuclear envelope: emerging roles in development and disease.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  11766874     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The chromosomes of eukaryotic cells are separated from the cytoplasm by the nuclear envelope. The nuclear envelope includes two riveted membranes, plus embedded pore complexes that mediate nuclear import and export. In this sense, the nuclear envelope is truly a border zone. However, the envelope also links directly to chromosomes, and anchors two major infrastructures--the nuclear lamina and Tpr filaments--to the nuclear perimeter. Proteins of the nuclear envelope mediate a variety of fundamental activities, including DNA replication, gene expression and silencing, chromatin organization, cell division, apoptosis, sperm nuclear remodeling, the behavior of pronuclei, cell fate determination, nuclear migration and cell polarity. Furthermore, mutations in nuclear lamins and lamin-binding proteins cause tissue-specific inherited diseases. This special issue of Cell and Molecular Life Sciences is devoted to recent major advances in the characterization of nuclear envelope proteins and their roles. We offer here an overview of the topics covered in this issue of CMLS, and also discuss the emerging recognition that the nuclear envelope is an organelle critical for a wide range of genetic and developmental activity in multicellular organisms.
Authors:
M F Wolfner; K L Wilson
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comment; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS     Volume:  58     ISSN:  1420-682X     ISO Abbreviation:  Cell. Mol. Life Sci.     Publication Date:  2001 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2001-12-19     Completed Date:  2002-01-10     Revised Date:  2005-11-17    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9705402     Medline TA:  Cell Mol Life Sci     Country:  Switzerland    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1737-40     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-2703, USA. mfw5@cornell.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Cell Cycle / physiology
Cell Nucleus / metabolism*
Humans
Lamins
Muscular Dystrophies / physiopathology
Nuclear Envelope / chemistry,  physiology*
Nuclear Proteins / genetics,  metabolism*
ran GTP-Binding Protein / metabolism
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Lamins; 0/Nuclear Proteins; EC 3.6.5.2/ran GTP-Binding Protein
Comments/Corrections
Comment On:
Cell Mol Life Sci. 2001 Nov;58(12-13):1781-9   [PMID:  11766879 ]
Cell Mol Life Sci. 2001 Nov;58(12-13):1774-80   [PMID:  11766878 ]
Cell Mol Life Sci. 2001 Nov;58(12-13):1748-57   [PMID:  11766876 ]
Cell Mol Life Sci. 2001 Nov;58(12-13):1758-65   [PMID:  11767745 ]
Cell Mol Life Sci. 2001 Nov;58(12-13):1741-7   [PMID:  11766875 ]
Cell Mol Life Sci. 2001 Nov;58(12-13):1766-73   [PMID:  11766877 ]

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