title: Sm-like proteins wRING the neck of mRNA.
abstract: Ring-shaped structures containing seven Sm or Sm-like proteins are stable components of several small nuclear ribonucleoprotein particles that function in pre-mRNA splicing. Recent reports describe a role for a distinct complex of seven Sm-like proteins in a very different process: mRNA degradation.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Cell Biology and Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06536, USA.
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Pannone
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Wolin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D012313:RNA / Q000378:metabolism*; D012326:RNA Splicing; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D017411:Ribonucleoproteins, Small Nuclear / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D017411:Ribonucleoproteins, Small Nuclear; D012313:RNA