start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=2 cd-vols= no-issue=3 article-no= start-page=178 end-page=184 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2013 dt-pub=2013 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=THE SPLICEOSOMAL PROTEIN SnRNP F BINDS TO BOTH U3 AND U14 CLASS OF snoRNA IN Giardia lamblia en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract= Small nuclear Ribonucleo Protein F (snRNP F) is a spliceosomal protein that binds with U1, U2, U4/U6 and U5 small nuclear RNA (snRNA) to form spliceosomal complexes responsible for pre mRNA processing. This study reports the unusual interaction of giardial snRNP F with small nucleolar RNAs (snoRNA) that are responsible for pre rRNA processing. Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay was used to demonstrate the interaction of this protein with U3 and U14 class snoRNA of the early branching eukaryote Giardia lamblia. It was also evident from our study that snRNP F in Giardia is evolutionary distinct from its other eukaryotic orthologues. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=GhoshArjun en-aut-sei=Ghosh en-aut-mei=Arjun kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=KarmakarSumallya en-aut-sei=Karmakar en-aut-mei=Sumallya kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=MukherjeeAvik K. en-aut-sei=Mukherjee en-aut-mei=Avik K. kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=RajDibyendu en-aut-sei=Raj en-aut-mei=Dibyendu kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= en-aut-name=DasKoushik en-aut-sei=Das en-aut-mei=Koushik kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=5 ORCID= en-aut-name=SarkarSrimanti en-aut-sei=Sarkar en-aut-mei=Srimanti kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=6 ORCID= en-aut-name=NozakiT. en-aut-sei=Nozaki en-aut-mei=T. kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=7 ORCID= en-aut-name=GangulySandipan en-aut-sei=Ganguly en-aut-mei=Sandipan kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=8 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= Division of Parasitology, National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases kn-affil= affil-num=2 en-affil= Division of Parasitology, National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases kn-affil= affil-num=3 en-affil= Division of Parasitology, National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases kn-affil= affil-num=4 en-affil= Division of Parasitology, National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases kn-affil= affil-num=5 en-affil= Division of Parasitology, National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases kn-affil= affil-num=6 en-affil= Department of Biochemistry, Bose Institute kn-affil= affil-num=7 en-affil=Department of Parasitology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan and Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba kn-affil= affil-num=8 en-affil= Division of Parasitology, National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases kn-affil= en-keyword=Giardia lamblia kn-keyword=Giardia lamblia en-keyword=snRNA kn-keyword=snRNA en-keyword=snoRNA kn-keyword=snoRNA en-keyword= U3 kn-keyword= U3 en-keyword=U14 kn-keyword=U14 END