Term Information

Accession
GO:0015030
Name
Cajal body
Ontology
cellular_component
Synonyms
coiled body, Gemini of coiled bodies, Gems
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
A class of nuclear body, first seen after silver staining by Ramon y Cajal in 1903, enriched in small nuclear ribonucleoproteins, and certain general RNA polymerase II transcription factors; ultrastructurally, they appear as a tangle of coiled, electron-dense threads roughly 0.5 micrometers in diameter; involved in aspects of snRNP biogenesis; the protein coilin serves as a marker for Cajal bodies. Some argue that Cajal bodies are the sites for preassembly of transcriptosomes, unitary particles involved in transcription and processing of RNA. Source: PMID:11031238, PMID:10944589, PMID:7559785, NIF_Subcellular:nlx_subcell_090901
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0015030 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of Cajal body (GO:0015030)
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Cajal body [is_a relation] is_a  nuclear body (GO:0016604)
Children of Cajal body (GO:0015030)
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box H/ACA scaRNP complex (GO:0072589) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  Cajal body
NIF_Subcellular
nlx_subcell_090901
Wikipedia
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