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Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA Vol. 90, pp. 8229-8233, September 1993 Biochemistry Evidence that the 60-kDa protein of 17S U2 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein is immunologically and functionally related to the yeast PRP9 splicing factor and is required for the efficient formation of prespliceosomes SVEN-ERIK BEHRENS*, FRIDIRIQUE GALISSONt, PIERRE LEGRAINt, AND REINHARD LUHRMANN* *Institut fur Molekularbiologie und Tumorforschung der Philipps-Universitat Marburg, Emil-Mannkopff-Strasse 2, D-3550 Marburg, Germany; and tDepartement de Biologie Moleculaire, Institut Pasteur, 28, Rue