small-nuclear-ribonucleoprotein

Noun

(plural small nuclear ribonucleoproteins)

snRNPs (small nuclear ribonucleoproteins) pronounced "snurps", are RNA-protein complexes that combine with unmodified pre-mRNA and various other proteins to form a spliceosome.

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