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nucleus

Also known as GO:0005634, cell nuclei, nuclei, cell nucleus

membrane-bounded organelle of eukaryotic cells in which chromosomes are housed and replicated

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The nucleus is a structure inside cells that acts like a control center, holding the chromosomes that contain your genetic instructions. It's essential because it's where your DNA is kept safe and copied so cells can divide and your body can grow and function properly.

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The Material Properties of the Cell Nucleus: A Matter of Scale.ReviewCells · 2023Hertzog M, Erdel FDOI: 10.3390/cells12151958
The Neutrophil Nucleus and Its Role in Neutrophilic Function.ReviewJournal of cellular biochemistry · 2015Carvalho LO, Aquino EN, Neves AC et al.DOI: 10.1002/jcb.25124
The cell nucleus.ReviewExperimental cell research · 2004Wieslander LDOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2004.03.003
Has translation in the nucleus found its purpose?Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology · 2024Fåhraeus RDOI: 10.1038/s41580-023-00651-6
Exporting RNA from the nucleus to the cytoplasm.ReviewNature reviews. Molecular cell biology · 2007Köhler A, Hurt EDOI: 10.1038/nrm2255
Origin of the cell nucleus.ReviewBioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology · 1988Cavalier-Smith TDOI: 10.1002/bies.950090209
The role of physicochemical processes in the formation of the 3D genome and compartmentalization of the cell nucleus.ReviewPostepy biochemii · 2024Razin SVDOI: 10.18388/pb.2021_512
Chromatin organization in the mammalian nucleus.ReviewInternational review of cytology · 2005Gilbert N, Gilchrist S, Bickmore WADOI: 10.1016/S0074-7696(04)42007-5

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Commons category: Cell nucleus
exact match: purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0005634
NCI Thesaurus ID: C13197

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HeLa cells stained for nuclear DNA with the blue fluorescent Hoechst dye. The central and rightmost cells are in interphase, thus their entire nuclei are labeled. On the left, a cell is going through mitosis and its DNA has condensed.

The cell nucleus (from Latin nucleus or nuculeus 'kernel, seed'; pl.: nuclei) is a membrane-bound organelle found in eukaryotic cells. Eukaryotic cells usually have a single nucleus, but a few cell types, such as mammalian red blood cells, have no nuclei, and a few others including osteoclasts have many. The main structures making up the nucleus are the nuclear envelope, a double membrane that encloses the entire organelle and isolates its contents from the cellular cytoplasm; and the nuclear matrix, a network within the nucleus that adds mechanical support.