Abstract
In maize root meristem cells, fixed in KMnO4, embedded in epoxy resin, ultrathin sectioned, and studied with an electron microscope, the nuclear envelope is demonstrated to be a double membrane structure. In the nuclear envelope there are: pores of the sort reported in many species of animals and plants; different types of openings associated with extensions of both nuclear membranes into the cytoplasm; and also, often, large discontinuities. The nuclear envelope is a component of the general vesicular reticulum. The reticula of neighboring cells including the nuclear envelopes make up, at certain stages at least, a "systemic" structure. The status of the nuclear envelope as a component of the general cellular reticulum is recognized to change during differentiation. The existence of several types of discontinuities in the nuclear envelope and the extent of nuclear-cytoplasmic surface relationships indicated suggests alteration in concepts of transport and exchanges between nucleus and cytoplasm.
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Created | 21 years, 3 months ago (May 14, 2004, 1:40 p.m.) |
Deposited | 2 years, 1 month ago (July 24, 2023, 4:49 a.m.) |
Indexed | 1 year, 1 month ago (July 11, 2024, 3:49 a.m.) |
Issued | 65 years ago (Sept. 1, 1960) |
Published | 65 years ago (Sept. 1, 1960) |
Published Online | 65 years ago (Sept. 1, 1960) |
Published Print | 65 years ago (Sept. 1, 1960) |
@article{Whaley_1960, title={SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE NUCLEAR ENVELOPE}, volume={8}, ISSN={0021-9525}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1083/jcb.8.1.233}, DOI={10.1083/jcb.8.1.233}, number={1}, journal={The Journal of Cell Biology}, publisher={Rockefeller University Press}, author={Whaley, W. Gordon and Mollenhauer, Hilton H. and Leech, James H.}, year={1960}, month=sep, pages={233–245} }