title: "Snurps".
abstract: The whimsical acronym refers to "small nuclear ribonucleoproteins," which play a key role in the process whereby genetic information directs the activities of a living cell. SnRNP's help to delete the meaningless stretches called introns from messenger RNA. The author was one of the first investigators to reveal their function.
authors.affiliation: Yale University.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Steitz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000974:Antibodies, Antinuclear / Q000276:immunology; D001665:Binding Sites; D034441:Heterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoproteins; D006801:Humans; D007438:Introns; D012326:RNA Splicing; D012261:Ribonucleoproteins / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology; D017411:Ribonucleoproteins, Small Nuclear
chemical_list: D000974:Antibodies, Antinuclear; D034441:Heterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoproteins; D012261:Ribonucleoproteins; D017411:Ribonucleoproteins, Small Nuclear