TRANSSPLICING AND POLYCISTRONIC TRANSCRIPTION IN CAENORHABDITIS-ELEGANS

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BLUMENTHAL, T
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[1] Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington
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10.1016/S0168-9525(00)89026-5
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Q3 [遗传学];
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071007 ; 090102 ;
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Caenorhabditis elegans engages in three distinct versions of nuclear pre-mRNA splicing: cis-splicing of introns and two kinds of trans-splicing that result in the addition of two different spliced leaders onto mRNAs. One leader (SL1) is used near the 5' ends of pre-mRNAs while the other (SL2) is used at internal trans-splice sites of polycistronic pre-mRNAs. Here, I consider bow these three types of splicing event are faithfully carried out.
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