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Question
The core of the spliceosome complex is formed by:
Explanation
Spliceosome is a dynamic complex of five small nuclear ribonucleoproteins U1, U2, U4, U5, U6 snRNAs plus over 150 proteins. snRNAs provide catalytic RNA core recognizing splice sites and branch point, mediating two transesterification reactions that excise introns from pre-mRNA.
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