Nucleopore

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A nuclear pore.

    "After docking to the nucleopore via specific components of the nucleopore complex, it is thought that a process of core uncoating takes place which allows passage of the viral genome into the nucleus and ultimately integration into the host DNA."

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"After docking to the nucleopore via specific components of the nucleopore complex, it is thought that a process of core uncoating takes place which allows passage of the viral genome into the nucleus and ultimately integration into the host DNA."

Etymology

From nucleo- + pore.

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