Term Name: nuclear membrane disassembly
Synonyms: nuclear envelope breakdown, nuclear envelope catabolism, nuclear envelope degradation, nuclear envelope disassembly
Definition: The controlled breakdown of the nuclear membranes, for example during cellular division.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0051081]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: membrane disassembly nuclear membrane organization
has subtype: meiosis I nuclear membrane disassembly meiosis II nuclear membrane disassembly meiotic nuclear membrane disassembly mitotic nuclear membrane disassembly sperm nuclear envelope removal
inverse has_part: exit of virus from host cell nucleus via nuclear envelope disassembly