Term Name: | fibrillar center |
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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. |
Ontology: | GO: Cellular Component [GO:0001650] QuickGO AmiGO |