Nuclear Pore Complexes (NPCs) span the nuclear envelope (NE) and mediate nucleocytoplasmic transport. In metazoan oocytes and early embryos, NPCs not only reside within the NE but also at some endoplasmatic reticulum (ER) membrane sheets, termed annulate lamellae (AL). Although a role for AL as NPC ...
ORGANISM(S): Drosophila melanogaster (Fruit fly)