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Characterization of a nuclear 20S complex containing the survival of motor neurons (SMN) protein and a specific subset of spliceosomal Sm proteins
12 Aug 2000
Abstract excerpt
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a neurodegenerative disease of motor neurons caused by reduced levels of functional survival of motor neurons (SMN) protein. Cytoplasmic SMN directly interacts with spliceosomal Sm proteins and facilitates their assembly onto U snRNAs. Nuclear SMN, in contrast, mediates recycling of pre-mRNA splicing factors. In this study, we have addressed the function of SMN in the nucleus. We...
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