Ribonucleoprotein assembly defects correlate with spinal muscular atrophy severity and preferentially affect a subset of spliceosomal snRNPs.

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Published in PLoS One on September 26, 2007

Authors

Francesca Gabanella1, Matthew E R Butchbach, Luciano Saieva, Claudia Carissimi, Arthur H M Burghes, Livio Pellizzoni

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1: Dulbecco Telethon Institute, Institute of Cell Biology, Monterotondo Scalo, Rome, Italy.

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