NCIt definition : The nuclear lamina is a proteinaceous filamentous meshwork of lamin proteins interacting
with integral proteins of the inner nuclear membrane, including emerin, and is thought
to play a role in nuclear stability, chromatin structure, and gene expression. Lamins
are highly conserved in evolution and members of the intermediate filament protein
family. Mammalian lamins are classified into two major types, A and B, with two subspecies
of each: lamins A and C for the A type and B1 and B2 for the B type. Lamins A and
C arise from one gene by alternative splicing. Pre-lamin A contains a carboxyl CAAX
box that can be modified by farnesylation. During mitosis, the lamina meshwork is
reversibly disassembled in parallel with phosphorylation of the lamins.;