Cajal bodies: where form meets function

M Machyna, P Heyn… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The cell nucleus contains dozens of subcompartments that separate biochemical processes
into confined spaces. Cajal bodies (CBs) were discovered more than 100 years ago, but …

Cajal bodies: evolutionarily conserved nuclear biomolecular condensates with properties unique to plants

ME Taliansky, AJ Love, A Kołowerzo-Lubnau… - The Plant …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Proper orchestration of the thousands of biochemical processes that are essential to the life
of every cell requires highly organized cellular compartmentalization of dedicated …

Functional nuclear retention of pre-mRNA involving Cajal bodies during meiotic prophase in European larch (Larix decidua)

M Rudzka, P Wróblewska-Ankiewicz… - The Plant …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Gene regulation ensures that the appropriate genes are expressed at the proper time.
Nuclear retention of incompletely spliced or mature mRNAs is emerging as a novel …

Poly (A) RNAs including coding proteins RNAs occur in plant Cajal bodies

J Niedojadło, E Kubicka, B Kalich, DJ Smoliński - PLoS One, 2014 - journals.plos.org
The localisation of poly (A) RNA in plant cells containing either reticular (Allium cepa) or
chromocentric (Lupinus luteus, Arabidopsis thaliana) nuclei was studied through in situ …

mRNA accumulation in the Cajal bodies of the diplotene larch microsporocyte

DJ Smoliński, A Kołowerzo - Chromosoma, 2012 - Springer
In microsporocytes of the European larch, we demonstrated the presence of several mRNAs
in spherical nuclear bodies. In the nuclei of microsporocytes, we observed up to 12 bodies …

Transcriptional activity in diplotene larch microsporocytes, with emphasis on the diffuse stage

A Kołowerzo-Lubnau, J Niedojadło, M Świdziński… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Manuscript provides insights into the biology of long-lived plants, different from Arabidopsis,
tomato or grass species that are widely studied. In the European larch the diplotene stage …

Spatial regulation of cytoplasmic snRNP assembly at the cellular level

M Hyjek, N Wojciechowska, M Rudzka… - Journal of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Small nuclear ribonucleoproteins (snRNPs) play a crucial role in pre-mRNA splicing in all
eukaryotic cells. In contrast to the relatively broad knowledge on snRNP assembly within the …

Periodic expression of Sm proteins parallels formation of nuclear Cajal bodies and cytoplasmic snRNP-rich bodies

DJ Smoliński, B Wróbel, A Noble, A Zienkiewicz… - Histochemistry and cell …, 2011 - Springer
Small nuclear ribonucleoproteins (snRNPs) play a fundamental role in pre-mRNA
processing in the nucleus. The biogenesis of snRNPs involves a sequence of events that …

Different patterns of mRNA nuclear retention during meiotic prophase in larch microsporocytes

K Majewska, P Wróblewska-Ankiewicz… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Recent studies show a crucial role of post-transcriptional processes in the regulation of gene
expression. Our research has shown that mRNA retention in the nucleus plays a significant …

Cajal bodies and histone locus bodies: Molecular composition and function

TA Khodyuchenko, AV Krasikova - Russian journal of developmental …, 2014 - Springer
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 …