1.0Department of Cell Biology and Physiology/cellbiophysioJanice Warfford/cellbiophysio/author/janclark/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="hzPPur5UHB"><a href="/cellbiophysio/directory/gregory-matera-phd/">Gregory Matera, PhD</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="/cellbiophysio/directory/gregory-matera-phd/embed/#?secret=hzPPur5UHB" width="600" height="338" title="“Gregory Matera, PhD” — Department of Cell Biology and Physiology" data-secret="hzPPur5UHB" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> /cellbiophysio/wp-content/uploads/sites/734/2021/02/Greg-Matera.jpg14851434We use three different model systems (fruitfly, mouse and human) to study the molecular, cellular and developmental biology of small nuclear ribonucleoproteins (snRNPs). Why are snRNPs so interesting? Without snRNPs, pre-mRNA splicing (and thus eukaryotic life) would not be possible. The biogenesis of snRNPs is a paradigm for assembly of other factors, such as micro … Read more