Term Name: perichromatin fibrils
Synonyms:
Definition: Structures of variable diameter visible in the nucleoplasm by electron microscopy, mainly observed near the border of condensed chromatin. The fibrils are enriched in RNA, and are believed to be sites of pre-mRNA splicing and polyadenylylation representing the in situ form of nascent transcripts.
Ontology: GO: Cellular Component [GO:0005726]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is part of: chromatin nuclear chromosome
is a type of: cellular anatomical structure