What is splicing?

Posted March 14, 2024

Antibodies and Proteomics Cellular Processes DNA and RNA Quantitation Nucleic Acids Nucleus

Answer

Splicing is the process during gene expression where the non-coding regions of a pre-mRNA (introns) are removed and the remaining coding regions (exons) are joined together to form a mature mRNA molecule.

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