| Term: | optic vesicle histone locus body |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | optic vesicle |
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| Synonyms: | optic vesicles |
| Definition: | Portion of tissue that is comprised of neuroepithelium which has pinched off from the anterior neural keel and will form the optic cup. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000050] |
| Name: | histone locus body |
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| Synonyms: | HLB |
| Definition: | 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. |
| Ontology: | GO: Cellular Component [GO:0035363] QuickGO AmiGO |