title: RNA splicing. U2 fulfils a commitment.
abstract: Genetic and biochemical studies of pre-mRNA splicing have recently converged to elucidate an early step in the process: the targeting of the U2 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein particle to the pre-mRNA.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Edinburgh, UK.
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Hodges
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Beggs
mesh_terms: D017398:Alternative Splicing; D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D012322:RNA Precursors / Q000378:metabolism; D012326:RNA Splicing; D017413:Ribonucleoprotein, U2 Small Nuclear / Q000378:metabolism*; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000378:metabolism; D017381:Spliceosomes / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D012322:RNA Precursors; D017413:Ribonucleoprotein, U2 Small Nuclear