nuclear envelope (redirected from Perinuclear envelope)

envelope /en·ve·lope/ (en´vĕ-lōp)

1. an encompassing structure or membrane.

2. in virology the peplos, a coat surrounding the capsid and usually furnished at least partially by the host cell.

3. in bacteriology, the cell wall and the plasma membrane considered together.

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nuclear envelope  the condensed double layer of lipids and proteins enclosing the cell nucleus and separating it from the cytoplasm; its two concentric membranes, inner and outer, are separated by a perinuclear space.

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nuclear envelope

n.

See nuclear membrane.

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nuclear envelope,

a double membrane that surrounds the nucleus of a eukaryotic cell. Also called karyotheca.

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envelope

an encompassing structure or membrane. In virology, a bilayer lipoprotein membrane with glycoprotein spikes surrounding the nucleocapsid and usually furnished, at least partially, by the host cell. In bacteriology, the cell wall and the plasma membrane considered together.

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nuclear envelope

the condensed double layer of lipids and proteins enclosing the cell nucleus and separating it from the cytoplasm; its two concentric membranes, inner and outer, are separated by a perinuclear space.