title: The nuclear envelope, lamins and nuclear assembly.
abstract: The nuclear lamina is composed of both A- and B-type lamins and lamin-binding proteins. Many lamin-binding proteins are integral proteins of the inner nuclear membrane. Lamins and inner nuclear membrane proteins are important for a variety of cell functions, including nuclear assembly, replication, transcription, and nuclear integrity. Recent advances in the field in the past year include the identification of a family of spectrin-repeat-containing inner nuclear membrane proteins and other novel inner-membrane proteins, and the discovery of a nuclear membrane fusion complex. There is also growing evidence that A- and B-type lamins and their binding partners have distinct roles during nuclear assembly and interphase.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 725 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
authors.forename: James M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Holaska
authors.forename: Katherine L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: Malini
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mansharamani
mesh_terms: D054758:A Kinase Anchor Proteins; D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D030342:Genetic Diseases, Inborn / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D034882:Lamins / Q000502:physiology*; D008561:Membrane Fusion; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D009685:Nuclear Envelope / Q000378:metabolism*; D022022:Nuclear Pore / Q000378:metabolism; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D010944:Plants / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D054758:A Kinase Anchor Proteins; C105137:AKAP1 protein, human; D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D034882:Lamins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins