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FLASH is an essential component of Cajal bodies
D Barcaroli1, D Dinsdale, M H Neale
1Medical Research Council, Toxicology Unit, Leicester University, Hodgkin Building, Lancaster Road, Leicester LE1 9HN, United Kingdom.
Abstract:
Cajal bodies are small nuclear organelles with a number of nuclear functions. Here we show that FLICE-associated huge protein (FLASH), originally described as a component of the apoptosis signaling pathway, is mainly localized in Cajal bodies and is essential for their structure. Reduction in FLASH expression by short hairpin RNA results in disruption of the normal architecture of the Cajal body and relocalization of its components. Because the function of FLASH in the apoptosis receptor signaling pathway has been strongly questioned, we have now identified a clear function for this protein.
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