Human Gene Set: GOCC_CAJAL_BODY

For the Mouse gene set with the same name, see GOCC_CAJAL_BODY

Standard name GOCC_CAJAL_BODY
Systematic name M17153
Brief description 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. [NIF_Subcellular:nlx_subcell_090901, PMID:10944589, PMID:11031238, PMID:7559785]
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Collection C5: Ontology
      GO: Gene Ontology
            GO:CC: GO Cellular Component
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Exact source GO:0015030
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External links http://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:0015030
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Source species Homo sapiens
Contributed by Gene Ontology (Gene Ontology Consortium)
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identifier namespace		 Human_NCBI_Gene_ID
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Version history 2026.1.Hs: Updated to GO Release 2025-10-10.


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