Etymology

nucleoporin

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Today it means: Any of a family of porins that facilitates transport through nuclear pores in the nuclear envelope of cells Full definition →

English porin ← Latin nucleu ← Proto-Italic *knuks
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  1. Proto-Italic*knuks
  2. Latinnux
  3. Latinnucleu
  4. Englishnucleus
  5. Englishnucleo-
  6. Englishporin
  7. English todaynucleoporin

From nucleo- + porin.

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