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This review summarizes our present knowledge about the composition and function of the plant nuclear envelope. Compared with animals or yeast, our molecular understanding of the nuclear envelope in higher plants is in its infancy. However, fundamental differences in the structure and function of the plant and animal nuclear envelope have already been found. Here, we compare and contrast these differences with respect to nuclear pore complexes, targeting of Ran signaling to the nuclear envelope, inner nuclear envelope proteins, and the role and fate of the nuclear envelope during mitosis. Further investigation of the emerging fundamental differences as well as the similarities between kingdoms might illuminate why there appears to be more than one blueprint for building a nucleus.

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Abbreviations

GFP :

Green fluorescent protein

INE :

Inner nuclear envelope

LAP :

Lamina-associated polypeptide

LBR :

Lamin B receptor

MTOC :

Microtubule-organizing center

NE :

Nuclear envelope

NPC :

Nuclear pore complex

ONE :

Outer nuclear envelope

RanBP :

Ran-binding protein

RanGAP :

Ran GTPase-activating protein

WPP domain :

Tryptophan–proline–proline domain

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We thank Diane Furtney for expert manuscript editing. Financial support by the National Science Foundation (MCB-0079577 and MCB-0209399) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (Plant Growth and Development no. 2001-01901) to I.M. is greatly acknowledged.

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Rose, A., Patel, S. & Meier, I. The plant nuclear envelope. Planta 218, 327–336 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00425-003-1132-2

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