Medical Definition of Nuclear lamina
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| A fibrous protein network lining the inner surface of the nuclear envelope. The extent to which this system also provides a scaffold within the nucleus is controversial. Proteins of the lamina are lamins A, B and C, which have sequence homology to proteins of intermediate filaments.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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