The initial discovery of the spliceosome resulted from experiments focused on:
A)autoimmunity in Lupus patients.
B)the isolation of large RNA/protein complexes from cells.
C)careful analysis of electron microscopy images from the cell nucleus.
D)RNAs from plant cells.
E)the cell biology of Huntington's disease.

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The initial discovery of the spliceosome was linked to studies on autoimmunity in Lupus patients, where researchers found that antibodies from these patients reacted with components of what would later be identified as the spliceosome.

The Initial Discovery of the Spliceosome Resulted from Experiments Focused