Diameter of Cajal body

Range ≤10 µm
Organism African clawed frog Xenopus laevis
Reference Matera AG, Shpargel KB. Pumping RNA: nuclear bodybuilding along the RNP pipeline. Curr Opin Cell Biol. 2006 Jun18(3):317-24. p.318 caption of figure 1(D)PubMed ID16632338
Method Differential interference contrast (DIC) image
Comments "In Xenopus oocytes, Cajal Bodies (CBs) can reach 10µm in diameter." Note-according to wiki link CB diameter is 0.3-1.0µm
Entered by Uri M
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