The protein coding sequences of most eukaryotic messenger RNA precursors (pre mRNAs) are interrupted by non-coding sequences called introns. Pre-mRNA splicing is the process by which introns are removed and the protein coding elements assembled into mature mRNAs. Alternative pre-mRNA splicing selectively joins different protein coding elements to form mRNAs that encode proteins with distinct functions, and is therefore an important source of protein diversity. The elaboration of this mechanism may have had a significant role in the expansion of metazoan proteomes during evolution.
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Univ Buenos Aires, Fac Ciencias Exactas Nat, LFBM, Dept Fisiol Biol Mol, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina
Univ Buenos Aires, Fac Ciencias Exactas Nat, IFIBYNE CONICET, Buenos Aires, DF, ArgentinaNCI, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
Schor, Ignacio E.
Kornblihtt, Alberto R.
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Univ Buenos Aires, Fac Ciencias Exactas Nat, LFBM, Dept Fisiol Biol Mol, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina
Univ Buenos Aires, Fac Ciencias Exactas Nat, IFIBYNE CONICET, Buenos Aires, DF, ArgentinaNCI, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA