Coiled bodies

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Coiled bodies (also known as "Cajal bodies") are structures found in the nucleus of certain cells.[1] They are often seen attached to the Nucleolus.[2]

P80-coilin is a specific marker for coiled bodies,[3] and demonstrates these bodies tend to be associated with the nucleolus when cells are not dividing.

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  1. ^ Unger E, Buchwalow IB, Hartmann M, Kleschtschinow WM, Raikhlin NT (1975). "Ultrastructural demonstration of NAD-pyrophosphorylase activity in mouse liver nuclei". Histochemistry 43 (1): 73–9. PMID 166966. 
  2. ^ Kinderman NB, LaVelle A (1976). "A nucleolus-associated coiled body". J. Neurocytol. 5 (8): 545–50. PMID 978230. 
  3. ^ Raska I, Ochs RL, Andrade LE, et al (1990). "Association between the nucleolus and the coiled body". J. Struct. Biol. 104 (1-3): 120–7. PMID 2088441. 
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