Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Surrounding, inclosing, or enveloping the cell-nucleus: as, the perinuclear cytoplasm.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Biol.) Of or pertaining to a nucleus; situated around a nucleus.

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  • adjective Surrounding a nucleus

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Examples

  • Seven of the eighteen patients diagnosed with UC had a positive result for the perinuclear (p) antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCAs), yielding a sensitivity of only 47%.

    IBD clinical studies: quality of life 2010

  • When overexpressed, optineurin-green fluorescence protein (GFP) fusion protein formed punctate structures termed "foci" in the perinuclear region.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Hongyu Ying et al. 2010

  • In addition, bright granular or punctuate structures termed foci were also noted in the perinuclear region around the Golgi apparatus (stained with anti-GM130 in red).

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Hongyu Ying et al. 2010

  • Insets show the enlarged and merged images in the perinuclear region.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Hongyu Ying et al. 2010

  • Without glycine (bottom, left panel), the optineurin staining was prominent in the perinuclear region, colocalizing (in yellow, Merged) with the Golgi apparatus.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Hongyu Ying et al. 2010

  • A clear colocalization of FITC-RMS-P3 and the giantin staining was visible in reticular and perinuclear distribution, indicating that

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Katarina Hajdin et al. 2010

  • The coumarin dye carried by the SLNs is found in the cytoplasm only and is characterized by a perinuclear accumulation that has been the subject of further studies.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Carlo E. Villa et al. 2010

  • In addition, optineurin was found to accumulate to form granular structures or foci in perinuclear regions when overexpressed and the foci formation was microtubule dependent.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Hongyu Ying et al. 2010

  • When overexpressed, optineurin-green fluorescence protein (GFP) fusion protein formed punctate structures termed "foci" in the perinuclear region.

    Elites TV PLoS ONE 2010

  • Colocalization of optineurin foci with Rab8, MyoVI, and TfR was observed in the perinuclear region in yellow in transfected cells.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Hongyu Ying et al. 2010

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