Small nuclear RNAs (snRNAs) are essential components of which cellular machinery?
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Correct answer: Spliceosome
snRNAs complexes with proteins to form snRNPs, which are the core of the spliceosome. They are responsible for removing introns from pre-mRNA transcripts.
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