What can Caenorhabditis elegans tell us about the nuclear envelope?
The nuclear envelope (NE) of the eukaryotic cell provides an essential barrier that separates the nuclear compartment from the cytoplasm. In addition, the NE is involved in essential functions such as nuclear stability, regulation of gene expression, centrosome separation and nuclear migration and positioning. In metazoa the NE breaks down and re-assembles around the segregated chromatids during each cell division. In this review we discuss the molecular constituents of the Caenorhabditis elegans NE and describe their role in post-mitotic NE re-formation, as well as the usefulness of C. elegans as an in vivo system for analyzing NE dynamics.
Gorjánácz
Mátyás
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European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany.
Jaedicke
Andreas
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Mattaj
Iain W
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D000818:Animals; D030801:Animals, Genetically Modified; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000196:embryology / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D008938:Mitosis; D008954:Models, Biological; D009685:Nuclear Envelope / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D022022:Nuclear Pore / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D034622:RNA Interference
D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins