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Changes in intra-nuclear mobility of mature snRNPs provide a mechanism for splicing defects in Spinal Muscular Atrophy.
1 Jan 2012
Abstract excerpt
It is becoming increasingly clear that defects in RNA metabolism can lead to disease. Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a leading genetic cause of infant mortality, results from insufficient amounts of survival motor neuron (SMN) protein. SMN is required for the biogenesis of small nuclear ribonucleoproteins (snRNPs): essential components of the spliceosome. Splicing abnormalities have been detected in models of SMA...
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