Protein-free spliceosomal snRNAs catalyze a reaction that resembles the first step of splicing.

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Published in RNA on October 16, 2007

Authors

Saba Valadkhan1, Afshin Mohammadi, Chaim Wachtel, James L Manley

Author Affiliations

1: Center for RNA Molecular Biology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA. saba.valadkhan@case.edu

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