The nuclear lamins: flexibility in function

B Burke, CL Stewart - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2013 - nature.com
The nuclear lamina is an important structural determinant for the nuclear envelope as a
whole, attaching chromatin domains to the nuclear periphery and localizing some nuclear …

Accessorizing and anchoring the LINC complex for multifunctionality

W Chang, HJ Worman, GG Gundersen - Journal of Cell Biology, 2015 - rupress.org
The linker of nucleoskeleton and cytoskeleton (LINC) complex, composed of outer and inner
nuclear membrane Klarsicht, ANC-1, and Syne homology (KASH) and Sad1 and UNC-84 …

Coupling of the nucleus and cytoplasm: role of the LINC complex

M Crisp, Q Liu, K Roux, JB Rattner… - The Journal of cell …, 2006 - rupress.org
The nuclear envelope defines the barrier between the nucleus and cytoplasm and features
inner and outer membranes separated by a perinuclear space (PNS). The inner nuclear …

LINC complexes form by binding of three KASH peptides to domain interfaces of trimeric SUN proteins

BA Sosa, A Rothballer, U Kutay, TU Schwartz - Cell, 2012 - cell.com
Linker of nucleoskeleton and cytoskeleton (LINC) complexes span the nuclear envelope
and are composed of KASH and SUN proteins residing in the outer and inner nuclear …

Interactions between nuclei and the cytoskeleton are mediated by SUN-KASH nuclear-envelope bridges

DA Starr, HN Fridolfsson - Annual review of cell and …, 2010 - annualreviews.org
The nuclear envelope links the cytoskeleton to structural components of the nucleus. It
functions to coordinate nuclear migration and anchorage, organize chromatin, and aid …

The nuclear lamina comes of age

Y Gruenbaum, A Margalit, RD Goldman… - … reviews Molecular cell …, 2005 - nature.com
Many nuclear proteins form lamin-dependent complexes, including LEM-domain proteins,
nesprins and SUN-domain proteins. These complexes have roles in chromatin organization …

SUN1 interacts with nuclear lamin A and cytoplasmic nesprins to provide a physical connection between the nuclear lamina and the cytoskeleton

F Haque, DJ Lloyd, DT Smallwood… - … and cellular biology, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
Nuclear migration and positioning within cells are critical for many developmental processes
and are governed by the cytoskeletal network. Although mechanisms of nuclear-cytoskeletal …

Nuclear lamins: laminopathies and their role in premature ageing

JLV Broers, FCS Ramaekers, G Bonne… - Physiological …, 2006 - journals.physiology.org
It has been demonstrated that nuclear lamins are important proteins in maintaining cellular
as well as nuclear integrity, and in maintaining chromatin organization in the nucleus …

The nuclear envelope lamina network has elasticity and a compressibility limit suggestive of a molecular shock absorber

KN Dahl, SM Kahn, KL Wilson… - Journal of cell …, 2004 - journals.biologists.com
Mechanical properties of the nuclear envelope have implications for cell and nuclear
architecture as well as gene regulation. Using isolated Xenopus oocyte nuclei, we have …

Nesprin 4 is an outer nuclear membrane protein that can induce kinesin-mediated cell polarization

KJ Roux, ML Crisp, Q Liu, D Kim… - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - National Acad Sciences
Nucleocytoplasmic coupling is mediated by outer nuclear membrane (ONM) nesprin
proteins and inner nuclear membrane Sun proteins. Interactions spanning the perinuclear …