Nucleolus

= Nucleolus = ** ﻿ ** The prominent structure in the nucleus is the __nucleolus__. The nucleolus **produces ribosomes**, which move out of the nucleus to positions on the rough endoplasmic reticulum where they are critical in protein synthesis.

**Function:** where ribosomes are assembled.

**﻿Location:** ﻿inside the Nucleus of a Eukaryotic cell. **Looks like:** ﻿a large sphere. **Nickname:** the control center.

When viewed through a microscope, it appears to be a dot in the center of the nucleus, which is the brain of a cell. It is made up of RNA and proteins, and has almost no DNA. This part of the cell also creates the golgi apparatus.

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