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It is still largely unknown how the various nuclear subcompartments are formed, why they form in particular locations and how they are linked to nuclear function. Nuclear stress bodies provide a new opportunity to address these questions and to test models of self-organization of nuclear structures. The assembly of these bodies requires the synthesis of non-coding RNAs with a probable role in the post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression and in higher-order chromatin organization.
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I want to thank S. Riva and R. Valgardsdottir for their valuable comments on this manuscript. This work was supported by grants from the Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro, from the programme Ministero dell'Istruzione Universita' e Ricerca (MIUR)/Fondo per gli Investimenti della Ricerca di Base 'Post-genoma' and from Progetto Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche–MIUR 'Genomica Funzionale'.
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Biamonti, G. Nuclear stress bodies: a heterochromatin affair?. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 5, 493–498 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrm1405
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