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Nuclear Pore Complexはどのくらい小さいですか?

Nuclear Pore Complexの直径は約120 nmです。

測定対象:nuclear envelope channel, outer diameter

Nuclear Pore Complex(120 nm)をa flu virus(100 nm)とan E. coli bacterium(2 µm)の横に実物大で描いた図
左から実物大で表示:Flu virus (100 nm)、Nuclear Pore Complex (120 nm)、E. coli bacterium (2 µm)。

比較

実際の大きさはどのくらい?

  • 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

学ぶ

Nuclear Pore Complexについての豆知識

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

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

Micro World

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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 nmこのページ
Cowpox Virus250 nm2.1×

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