"Snurps".

Scientific American ·Vol. 258 ·No. 6 ·1988-06-00 ·Pages 56-60, 63

Steitz JA

Abstract

The whimsical acronym refers to "small nuclear ribonucleoproteins," which play a key role in the process whereby genetic information directs the activities of a living cell. SnRNP's help to delete the meaningless stretches called introns from messenger RNA. The author was one of the first investigators to reveal their function.

MeSH Terms

Animals Antibodies, Antinuclear/immunology Binding Sites Heterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoproteins Humans Introns RNA Splicing Ribonucleoproteins/immunology,physiology Ribonucleoproteins, Small Nuclear

Chemicals

Antibodies, Antinuclear Heterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoproteins Ribonucleoproteins Ribonucleoproteins, Small Nuclear

Authors & Affiliations

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Steitz J A

Yale University.

Article Info

Journal

Scientific American

Abbr.

Sci Am

ISSN

0036-8733

DOI

10.1038/scientificamerican0688-56

Published

1988-06-00

Pages

56-60, 63

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

0404400

Subset

External Links

PubMed source DOI: 10.1038/scientificamerican0688-56 View journal details

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