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Descriptor English: Nuclear Envelope
Descriptor Spanish: Membrana Nuclear
Descriptor membrana nuclear
Entry term(s) envoltorio nuclear
membranas nucleares
Scope note: Sistema de membrana del NÚCLEO CELULAR, que rodea al nucleoplasma. Consta de dos membranas concéntricas separadas por el espacio perinuclear. Las estructuras de la cubierta por donde esta se abre al citoplasma se denominan poros nucleares (PORO NUCLEAR).
Descriptor Portuguese: Membrana Nuclear
Descriptor French: Enveloppe nucléaire
Entry term(s): Envelope, Nuclear
Envelopes, Nuclear
Membrane, Nuclear
Membranes, Nuclear
Nuclear Envelopes
Nuclear Membrane
Nuclear Membranes
Tree number(s): A11.284.149.165.630
A11.284.149.450.700
A11.284.430.106.279.692
A11.284.835.514.700
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009685
Scope note: 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).
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
GE genetics
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Cell Membrane (1966-1976)
Cell Nucleus (1966-1976)
Membranes (1968-1976)
Public MeSH Note: 2001; for NUCLEAR ENVELOPE see NUCLEAR MEMBRANE 1977-2000
History Note: 2001
DeCS ID: 9873
Unique ID: D009685
NLM Classification: QU 350
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1977/01/01
Date of Entry: 1976/05/19
Revision Date: 2013/07/09
Nuclear Envelope - Preferred
Concept UI M0015039
Scope note 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).
Preferred term Nuclear Envelope
Entry term(s) Envelope, Nuclear
Envelopes, Nuclear
Membrane, Nuclear
Membranes, Nuclear
Nuclear Envelopes
Nuclear Membrane
Nuclear Membranes



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