histone locus body

id: GO:0035363
name: histone locus body
namespace: cellular_component
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: A nuclear body associated with the histone gene locus that is thought to contain all of the factors necessary for histone mRNA transcription and pre-mRNA processing. In Drosophila, U7 snRNP is located in the histone locus body rather than the distinct Cajal body.

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