Nuclear lamins

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The nuclear lamins are fiborous structural proteins found in the nucleus of eukaryotic cells. tThey carry out multiple functions involved in the structural organisation of the cell nucleous, including mechanical support of the nuclear pores, involved in molecular transport within the cell, to the organisation of chromoatin, DNA replication and cell division.