How Small Is Nuclear Pore Complex? 120 nm Compared to Scale

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

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

Micro World

Name	Size	Compared with Nuclear Pore Complex
Silicon Nanowire	50 nm	0.42×
West Nile Virus	50 nm	0.42×
Human Papillomavirus	55 nm	0.46×
Cyanophage P-SSP7	60 nm	0.5×
Silica Nanoparticle	100 nm	0.83×
Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticle	100 nm	0.83×
Lassa Virus	100 nm	0.83×
Hantavirus	100 nm	0.83×
Nuclear Pore Complex	120 nm	this page
Cowpox Virus	250 nm	2.1×

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