Capturing 'snapshots' of a crucial step in RNA splicing

Capturing ‘snapshots’ of a crucial step in RNA splicing

Science illustration composed by a photographic film highlighting three-dimensional structures of a protein complex involved in splicing.

The Galej group at EMBL Grenoble has recently obtained high resolution snapshots of a crucial step in RNA splicing involving the U2 snRNP complex, a crucial component of the human spliceosome.