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The envelope, please: Nuclear lamins and disease

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Naturally occurring mutations within the LMNA gene, which encodes nuclear lamin, have been identified in patients with three rare and apparently unrelated diseases. Understanding how these mutations cause disease will improve our knowledge of nuclear envelope function, as well as the pathogenesis of myopathy, cardiac conduction abnormalities and drug-induced lipodystrophy.

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Figure 1: The nuclear membranes include the interconnected but distinct inner and outer nuclear membranes and the nuclear pore membrane.

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Hegele, R. The envelope, please: Nuclear lamins and disease. Nat Med 6, 136–137 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/72221

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