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Distinct domains of the spinal muscular atrophy protein SMN are required for targeting to Cajal bodies in mammalian cells.
Journal of cell science - 15 Feb 2006
Renvoisé Benoît, Khoobarry Kevinee, Gendron Marie-Claude, Cibert Christian, Viollet Louis, Lefebvre Suzie
Abstract excerpt
Mutations of the survival motor neuron gene SMN1 cause the inherited disease spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). The ubiquitous SMN protein facilitates the biogenesis of spliceosomal small nuclear ribonucleoproteins (snRNPs). The protein is detected in the cytoplasm, nucleoplasm and enriched with snRNPs in nuclear Cajal bodies. It is structurally divided into at least an amino-terminal region rich in basic amino acid...
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