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Nuclear Envelope
1. NUCLEAR ENVELOPE
• Also known as the Nuclear Membrane
• Has 2 separate bilayers
• Has thousands of nuclear pores
• Separates contents of the nucleus from the
cytoplasm
• Provides structure to the nucleus
2. Structure of Nuclear Envelope
• Outer Membrane
• Continuous to ER
• Has ribosomes
• Cytoplasmic surface
• Perinuclear Space
• Space between inner and outer
membrane
• Lumen of nuclear membrane
• Inner Membrane
• Has nuclear proteins: Laminin, LAP1 &
LAP2, Emerin, and Nurin
• Nuclear Pores
• Protein Channels
• Nuclear Lamina
• Plays role in chromatin organization, cell
cycle regulation, DNA replication and
repair