Introns: Splicing mysteries and evolution’s secret code

Although the participation of spliceosomes is almost always required for intron removal, a few types of genes have self-splicing RNA introns.
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‘Junk’ RNA segments play role in protein production, cell stress response

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Scientists have discovered that some tiny segments of RNA thought to be junk instead have a functional role in suppressing production of certain messenger RNAs and appear to help ...
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'Junk' RNA segments play role in protein production, cell stress response

Scientists have discovered that some tiny segments of RNA thought to be junk instead have a functional role in suppressing production of certain messenger RNAs and appear to help cells respond to ...