A complex molecular machine, the spliceosome, ensures that the genetic information from the genome, after being transcribed into mRNA precursors, is correctly assembled into mature mRNA. Splicing ...

Spliceosomes are large and dynamic RNA-protein complexes. The major spliceosome consists of five subunits, U1, U2, U4, U6, and U5 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein particles (snRNPs, read "snurps ...

Think of the spliceosome as an old Transformers robot — it has individual pieces that operate independently but can also come together to form a larger structure. Sometimes, such as in the case of ...

Spliceosome: How cells avoid errors when manufacturing mRNA Structural biologists provide a first-time look at the atomic level into the quality control mechanism of this complex molecular machine ...

In human cells, only a small proportion of the information written in genes is used to produce proteins. How does the cell select this information? A large molecular machine called the spliceosome ...

Researchers at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) have created the first blueprint of the human spliceosome, the complex molecular machine that edits genetic messages transcribed from DNA ...

A number of compounds, derived from bacterial fermentation products, have been found to target subunits of the spliceosome and display anticancer properties. In this Review, Valcárcel and ...

Spliceosome mutations represent a new generation of acquired genetic alterations that affect both myeloid and lymphoid malignancies. A substantial proportion of patients with myelodysplastic ...

The spliceosome does the genetic cutting and pasting. It is a complicated complex, made up of four major parts and more than 100 accessory proteins that come together and break apart throughout ...