Q.What is splicing ?
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Start your 14-day free trial to unlock the full solution →Splicing removes introns and joins exons of the primary transcript to form mature mRNA.
In eukaryotes, the gene is first transcribed by RNA polymerase II into a primary transcript called heterogeneous nuclear RNA (hnRNA) or pre-mRNA, which contains both coding sequences (exons) and non-coding intervening sequences (introns) arranged alternately, exactly as present in the DNA template. Before this transcript can be translated, it must be processed: in addition to the addition of a 5' cap (methylguanosine cap) and a 3' poly-A tail, the introns are precisely excised and the flanking exons are joined end to end -- this cutting-out of introns and stitching-together of exons is called splicing. Splicing is carried out in the nucleus by a large ribonucleoprotein complex called the spliceosome, made up of small nuclear ribonucleoproteins (snRNPs such as U1, U2, U4, U5, U6) that recognise specific sequences at the intron-exon …
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