Question

The basket like structure of filaments in NPC has _________ filaments and is located in ____________ side of the nuclear membrane.

(a) 6, nuclear

(b) 8, nuclear

(c) 6, cytosolic

(d) 8, cytosolic

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This intriguing question originated from Nuclear Export in section Nuclear Export & Post Mendelian Genetics of Cytogenetics

Answer 1

Right answer is (b) 8, nuclear

For explanation: 8 filaments about 100nm in length come out from the nuclear side of the NPC and they are joined to the ring at the end forming a nuclear basket.