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Nuclear Pore Complex: quanto misura?

Nuclear Pore Complex: il diametro è di circa 120 nm.

Cosa viene misurato: nuclear envelope channel, outer diameter

Nuclear Pore Complex (120 nm) in scala accanto a a flu virus (100 nm) e an E. coli bacterium (2 µm)
In scala, da sinistra a destra: Flu virus (100 nm), Nuclear Pore Complex (120 nm) e E. coli bacterium (2 µm).

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Ma quanto è grande, davvero?

  • A little wider than a flu virus
  • As wide as about 5 ribosomes side by side
  • About 60× as wide as a DNA double helix

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Curiosità: Nuclear Pore Complex

The nuclear pore complex is one of the largest protein assemblies in the cell, controlling traffic between the nucleus and cytoplasm.

Fonte: Molecular Biology of the Cell, Alberts et al.; Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

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NomeDimensioneRispetto a: Nuclear Pore Complex
Silicon Nanowire50 nm0,42×
West Nile Virus50 nm0,42×
Human Papillomavirus55 nm0,46×
Cyanophage P-SSP760 nm0,5×
Silica Nanoparticle100 nm0,83×
Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticle100 nm0,83×
Lassa Virus100 nm0,83×
Hantavirus100 nm0,83×
Nuclear Pore Complex120 nmquesta pagina
Cowpox Virus250 nm2,1×

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