Spliced leader RNA trans-splicing in metazoa

被引:54
作者
Davis, RE
机构
[1] Department of Biological Sciences, Fordham University, Bronx
来源
PARASITOLOGY TODAY | 1996年 / 12卷 / 01期
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10.1016/0169-4758(96)80643-0
中图分类号
R38 [医学寄生虫学]; Q [生物科学];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ; 100103 ;
摘要
Spliced lender trans-splicing is a form of RNA processing originally described and studied in parasitic kinetoplastida. This mechanism of gene expression also occurs in parasitic and free-living metazoa. In this review, Dick Davis describes current knowledge of the distribution, substrates, specificity and functional significance of trans-splicing in metazoa.
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