title: Recent advances in understanding plant nuclear envelope proteins involved in nuclear morphology.
abstract: The nuclear envelope (NE) is a fundamental structure of the nucleus and plays an important role in nuclear morphology through the strict regulation of NE protein function. Beyond its physical barrier function between nucleoplasm and cytoplasm, recent studies of the plant NE have provided novel insights into basic aspects of nuclear morphology as well as cellular organization. In this review, we focus on plant NE proteins that have emerged from recent studies in nuclear morphology, and we discuss their physiological functions in cellular activities. A better understanding of the NE protein functions should provide key insights into the physiological significance of proper nuclear structure in plants.
authors.affiliation: Department of Botany, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan.
authors.forename: Kentaro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tamura
authors.affiliation: Department of Botany, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan.
authors.forename: Chieko
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.affiliation: Department of Botany, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan ihnishi@gr.bot.kyoto-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Ikuko
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hara-Nishimura
mesh_terms: D009685:Nuclear Envelope / Q000378:metabolism*; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D010944:Plants / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D010940:Plant Proteins
keywords: LINC complex; Lamina structure; nuclear envelope; nuclear morphology; nuclear pore complex; nucleoporin.