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Nucleus

Nucleus

The membrane-bound compartment that contains most eukaryotic DNA.

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The nucleus holds most of a human cell's DNA and is where DNA is copied and many genes are read into RNA.

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textbookDNA replication mechanismsMolecular Biology of the Cell · NCBI Bookshelf textbookFrom DNA to RNAMolecular Biology of the Cell · NCBI Bookshelf textbookThe Compartmentalization of CellsMolecular Biology of the Cell · NCBI Bookshelf
Research Claims

Nuclear organization includes chromatin domains, nuclear bodies, nucleocytoplasmic transport, replication compartments, and dynamic transcriptional regulation.