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).
    

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Cell from a squamous cell carcinoma cell line. It has been frozen and split open to reveal its nucleus.

Cell from a squamous cell carcinoma

The nuclear envelope and the nuclear matrix : proceedings of the second Wistar symposium held at Sugarloaf Conference Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 27-29, 1981 / editor, Gerd G. Maul.

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Cell from a squamous cell carcinoma cell line. It has been frozen and split open to reveal its nucleus.

The nuclear envelope and the nuclear matrix : proceedings of the second Wistar symposium held at Sugarloaf Conference Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 27-29, 1981 / editor, Gerd G. Maul.

Mumps virus protein in cultured cells

HIV integration, HIV viral life cycle, illustration

Cell from a squamous cell carcinoma