Most snoRNAs function in
a. cleaving the 45S rRNA.
b. splicing cleaved rRNAs.
c. splicing cleaved mRNAs.
d. guiding regions of rRNAs to modifying enzymes.
Ans: a. cleaving the 45S rRNA.
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