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Short intronic repeat sequences facilitate circular RNA production.
Genes & development - 15 Oct 2014
Liang Dongming, Wilusz Jeremy E
Abstract excerpt
Recent deep sequencing studies have revealed thousands of circular noncoding RNAs generated from protein-coding genes. These RNAs are produced when the precursor messenger RNA (pre-mRNA) splicing machinery "backsplices" and covalently joins, for example, the two ends of a single exon. However, the mechanism by which the spliceosome selects only certain exons to circularize is largely unknown. Using extensive...
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