Tudor reign

被引:9
作者
MacKenzie, AE [1 ]
Gendron, NH [1 ]
机构
[1] Childrens Hosp Eastern Ontario, Solange Gauthier Karsh Lab, Ottawa, ON K1H 8L1, Canada
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10.1038/82983
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The first structural analysis of part of the spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)-causing 'survival of motor neurons' (SMN) protein reveals a structural similarity to the common spliceosomal small nuclear ribonucleoprotein (snRNP) Sm proteins. This observation gives clues to possible SMN roles in the cell, the loss of which may contribute to the pathogenesis of SMA.
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