perichromatin fibrils

Term ID

GO:0005726

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. 14731598

References

Ontology

GO: Cellular Component    QuickGO    AmiGO