ORGANELLE DIAGRAM: NUCLEAR PORES:
In this picture, the nuclear pores are the rosette-like purple structures that are scattered over the nuclear envelope.
SUMMARY
name(s): nuclear pore (the actual 'gap"), nuclear pore complex (gap + surrounding protein machine)
location: all over nuclear envelope
appearance: flower-like on surface. 8-fold structure. Complex structure in and beneath nuclear envelope
size: about 120nm in diameter
function: controls transport in and out of nucleus.
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