Nuclear vs Nucleoporin - What's the difference?
nuclear | nucleoporin |
(biology) Pertaining to the nucleus of a cell.
* 2011 , Terence Allen and Graham Cowling, The Cell: A Very Short Introduction , Oxford 2011, p. 17:
Pertaining to a centre around which something is developed or organised; central, pivotal.
Pertaining to the atomic nucleus.
Involving atomic energy.
Of a weapon: deriving its force from rapid release of atomic energy.
Any of a family of porins that facilitates transport through nuclear pores in the nuclear envelope of cells
As an adjective nuclear
is (biology) pertaining to the nucleus of a cell.As a noun nucleoporin is
any of a family of porins that facilitates transport through nuclear pores in the nuclear envelope of cells.nuclear
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Adjective
(-)- However, the DNA in a bacterial cell is a single circular molecule and there is no separate nuclear compartment.
- a nuclear reactor
- a nuclear explosion