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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 May 22.
Published in final edited form as: J Mol Biol. 2016 Mar 22;428(10 Pt A):1986–2000. doi: 10.1016/j.jmb.2016.03.015

Figure 1. Overview of the Nuclear Pore Complex.

Figure 1

The NPC embedded in the double membrane surrounding the nucleus of eukaryotic cells. The experimental tomographic structure EMD-3105 [14] is decorated with the nuclear basket and cytoplasmic filaments depicted schematically. CR, cytoplasmic ring; IRC, inner ring complex; NR, nucleoplasmic ring.