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. 1975 Mar;72(3):1007–1011. doi: 10.1073/pnas.72.3.1007

Isolation of nuclear pore complexes in association with a lamina.

R P Aaronson, G Blobel
PMCID: PMC432453  PMID: 1055359

Abstract

Nuclear pore complexes have been isolated in association with a 150 A thick lamina by detergent and salt fractionation of nuclear envelopes from rat liver. The pore complexes exhibit characteristic morphology and appear to be attached in a highly specific orientation to the lamina, which extends over relatively large areas. The pore complex-lamina fraction is composed of three major and several minor polypeptides with little or no DNA, RNA, or phospholipid. It is suggested that the association of the pore complexes and the lamina reflects the structural arrangement of the nuclear periphery in vivo.

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