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Cajal bodies and histone locus bodies: Molecular composition and function

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The review provides modern classification of evolutionarily conserved coilin-containing nuclear bodies of somatic and germ cells that is based on the characteristic features of their molecular composition and the nature of their functions. The main differences between Cajal bodies and histone locus bodies, which are involved in the biogenesis of small nuclear spliceosomal and nucleolar RNAs and in the 3′-end processing of histone precursor messenger RNA, respectively, are considered. It is shown that a significant contribution to the investigation of the diversity of coilin-containing bodies was made by the studies on the architecture of the RNA processing machinery in oocyte nuclei in a number of model organisms. The characteristics features of the molecular composition of coilin-containing bodies in growing oocyte nuclei (the so-called germinal vesicles) of vertebrates, including amphibians and birds, are described.

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Abbreviations

snRNAs:

small nuclear RNAs

snRNP:

small nuclear ribonucleoproteins

snoRNAs:

small nucleolar RNAs

pre-mRNAs:

precursor messenger RNAs

HS:

hollow sphere

SG:

solid globe

HLB:

histone locus body

CB:

Cajal body

scaRNAs:

small Cajal body-specific RNAs

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Khodyuchenko, T.A., Krasikova, A.V. Cajal bodies and histone locus bodies: Molecular composition and function. Russ J Dev Biol 45, 297–312 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S106236041406006X

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