Cajal body

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Cajal body

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Discovered by Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852–1934), Spanish neuroscientist and histologist, in 1903.

noun Cajal bodies

A spherical membraneless nuclear body largely consisting of proteins and RNA, found in the nucleus of proliferative cells like embryonic cells and tumor cells, or metabolically active cells like neurons.
Similar: coiled body

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@misc{cajal_body_2026,
  title = {Cajal body},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cajal%20body},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}