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Does RNA splicing occur in prokaryotic cells?
Posted August 18, 2022
Cell Structures and OrganellesNucleusDNA and RNA Quantitation
Answer

RNA splicing is a mechanism that is unique to eukaryotes. Because of this, RNA splicing rarely occurs in prokaryotic cells. If splicing does occur, it is mainly found on non-coding RNAs like tRNAs.

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