Hey scientists,
today I talk about splicing and how it works. Splicing is the process where the introns get excluded. The exons are ligated and represent the final mature mRNA. Please feel free to drop questions around this topic.
Cheers,
Henrik
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Sources:
Berget, S. M., Moore, C., & Sharp, P. A. (1977). Spliced segments at the 5′ terminus of adenovirus 2 late mRNA. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 74(8), 3171-3175.
Chambon, P. (1981). Split genes. Scientific American, 244(5), 60-71.
and lecture slides