fibrillar center

Term ID

GO:0001650

Synonyms

• fibrillar centre

Definition

A structure found most metazoan nucleoli, but not usually found in lower eukaryotes; surrounded by the dense fibrillar component; the zone of transcription from multiple copies of the pre-rRNA genes is in the border region between these two structures. 10754561

References

Ontology

GO: Cellular Component    QuickGO    AmiGO