nuclear pore complex

noun

A proteinaceous assembly that selectively transports cargoes across the nuclear envelope

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Meanings

nounnuclear pore complex (plural nuclear pore complexes)

plural nuclear pore complexes

  1. biologyA proteinaceous assembly that selectively transports cargoes across the nuclear envelope
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