Meaning & use
Linin
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An older biological term for the network of thin, achromatic threads once thought to form the framework of a cell's nucleus.
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Early microscopists described linin as the scaffolding that held the chromatin in place.
The concept of linin has largely been abandoned as cell biology techniques improved.
A note on using this word
This is a historical term rarely used in modern cell biology, which now describes the nuclear matrix in more precise molecular terms.
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