Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A nucleoprotein particle that aids in the splicing of messenger RNA in eukaryotes.
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- noun genetics A dynamic complex of
RNA andprotein subunits that removesintrons from precursor mRNA.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Like a film director cutting out extraneous footage to create a blockbuster, the cellular machine called the spliceosome snips out unwanted stretches of genetic material and joins the remaining pieces to fashion a template for protein production.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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By molecular-scale standards, the spliceosome is a monster of a machine, made up of five RNA and 100 or more protein subunits that agilely assemble, step-by-step, into the giant complex when it's time to carry out its work.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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The spliceosome is a ribonucleoprotein machine that removes introns from pre-mRNA in a two-step reaction.
Naturejobs - All Jobs Zbigniew Warkocki 2009
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Scientists had also pinpointed how pladienolides kill cancer cells-by jamming a particular enzyme in the cancer cell's machinery, called a spliceosome, which enables the cell to edit its genetic blueprint molecule, RNA, in the replication process.
unknown title 2009
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Scientists had also pinpointed how pladienolides kill cancer cells-by jamming a particular enzyme in the cancer cell's machinery, called a spliceosome, which enables the cell to edit its genetic blueprint molecule, RNA, in the replication process.
unknown title 2009
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Scientists had also pinpointed how pladienolides kill cancer cells-by jamming a particular enzyme in the cancer cell's machinery, called a spliceosome, which enables the cell to edit its genetic blueprint molecule, RNA, in the replication process.
unknown title 2009
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Scientists had also pinpointed how pladienolides kill cancer cells-by jamming a particular enzyme in the cancer cell's machinery, called a spliceosome, which enables the cell to edit its genetic blueprint molecule, RNA, in the replication process.
unknown title 2009
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Scientists had also pinpointed how pladienolides kill cancer cells-by jamming a particular enzyme in the cancer cell's machinery, called a spliceosome, which enables the cell to edit its genetic blueprint molecule, RNA, in the replication process.
unknown title 2009
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Scientists had also pinpointed how pladienolides kill cancer cells-by jamming a particular enzyme in the cancer cell's machinery, called a spliceosome, which enables the cell to edit its genetic blueprint molecule, RNA, in the replication process.
unknown title 2009
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Scientists had also pinpointed how pladienolides kill cancer cells-by jamming a particular enzyme in the cancer cell's machinery, called a spliceosome, which enables the cell to edit its genetic blueprint molecule, RNA, in the replication process.
unknown title 2008
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