WormBase Tree Display for GO_term: GO:0015030
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| GO:0015030 | Name | Cajal body | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | |||
| Synonym | Exact | coiled body | ||
| Related | Gemini of coiled bodies | |||
| Gems | ||||
| Status | Valid | |||
| Type | Cellular_component | |||
| Child | Component | GO:0072589 | ||
| Parent | Instance_of | GO:0016604 | ||
| Attributes_of | Index | Ancestor (14) | ||
| Descendant | GO:0072589 | |||
| GO_annotation | 00031918 | |||
| 00073942 | ||||
| 00085187 | ||||
| 00095843 | ||||
| Version | Gene Ontology releases/2023-11-15 |
