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Volume 33, No 8, Aug 2023

ISSN: 1001-0602 
EISSN: 1748-7838 2018 
impact factor 17.848* 
(Clarivate Analytics, 2019)

Volume 33 Issue 8, August 2023: 579-580

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS

In phase with the nucleolus

Denis L. J. Lafontaine*

RNA Molecular Biology, Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (F.R.S./FNRS), Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Biopark Campus, B-6041 Gosselies, Belgium
Correspondence: Denis L. J. Lafontaine(denis.lafontaine@ulb.be)

The nucleolus is a biomolecular condensate responsible for ribosome biogenesis. Using super-resolution microscopy, the team of Ling-Ling Chen has identified a novel nucleolar subcompartment, ascribing to it a function in processing the 3′ ends of primary ribosomal RNA transcripts synthesized by RNA polymerase I.


https://doi.org/10.1038/s41422-023-00801-7

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