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Movements included translocations through the nucleoplasm, joining of bodies to form larger structures, and separation of smaller bodies from larger Cajal bodies. Also, we observed Cajal bodies moving to and from nucleoli. The data suggest that there may be at least two classes of Cajal bodies that differ in their size, antigen composition, and dynamic behavior. The smaller size class shows more frequent and faster rates of movement, up to 0.9 μm/min. The GFP-coilin protein is dynamically associated with Cajal bodies as shown by changes in their fluorescence intensity over time. This study reveals an unexpectedly high level of movement and interactions of nuclear bodies in human cells and suggests that these movements may be driven, at least in part, by regulated mechanisms.</jats:p>","journal":"The Journal of Cell Biology","year":2000,"id":33248,"datarank":10.570195962611011,"base_score":5.579729825986222,"endowment":5.579729825986222,"self_citation_contribution":0.8369594738979335,"citation_network_contribution":9.733236488713079,"self_endowment_contribution":0.8369594738979335,"citer_contribution":9.733236488713079,"corpus_percentile":null,"corpus_rank":null,"citation_count":264,"citer_count":200,"citers_with_citation_signal":200,"citers_with_endowment":200,"datacite_reuse_total":0,"is_dataset":false,"is_dataset_confidence":null,"is_oa":false,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"has_version_chain":false,"published_date":null,"algorithm_id":"datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6","ranking_scope":"data_only","authors":[{"id":174420,"name":"Ilya Goldberg","orcid":null,"position":1,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":37917,"name":"Jason R. 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