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ribonucleoprotein
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Ribonucleoprotein
Ribonucleoprotein (RNP)
is a
nucleoprotein
that contains
RNA
, i.e. it is an association that combines
ribonucleic acid
and
protein
together (referred also as protein-RNA complexes). A few known examples include the
ribosome
, the enzyme
telomerase
,
vault ribonucleoproteins
,
RNase P
,
hnRNP
and small nuclear RNPs (
snRNPs
), which are implicated in
pre-mRNA
splicing
(
spliceosome
) and are among the main components of the
nucleolus
.
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