P body, cytoplasmic mRNA processing body, cytoplasmic foci
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Definition
A focus in the cytoplasm where mRNAs may become inactivated by decapping or some other mechanism. Protein and RNA localized to these foci are involved in mRNA degradation, nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD), translational repression, and RNA-mediated gene silencing.
Source:
GOC:clt,
PMID:12730603