title: Non-coding RNAs: lessons from the small nuclear and small nucleolar RNAs.
abstract: Recent advances have fuelled rapid growth in our appreciation of the tremendous number, diversity and biological importance of non-coding (nc)RNAs. Because ncRNAs typically function as ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complexes and not as naked RNAs, understanding their biogenesis is crucial to comprehending their regulation and function. The small nuclear and small nucleolar RNPs are two well studied classes of ncRNPs with elaborate assembly and trafficking pathways that provide paradigms for understanding the biogenesis of other ncRNPs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-4955, USA. a.matera@case.edu
authors.forename: A Gregory
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Matera
authors.forename: Rebecca M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Terns
authors.forename: Michael P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Terns
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D012342:RNA, Small Nuclear / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D020537:RNA, Small Nucleolar / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D022661:RNA, Untranslated / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D017411:Ribonucleoproteins, Small Nuclear / Q000378:metabolism; D020718:Ribonucleoproteins, Small Nucleolar / Q000378:metabolism*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D012342:RNA, Small Nuclear; D020537:RNA, Small Nucleolar; D022661:RNA, Untranslated; D017411:Ribonucleoproteins, Small Nuclear; D020718:Ribonucleoproteins, Small Nucleolar