BRAINCAKESplicing pre-mRNA
In eukaryotes, transcription results in pre-MRNA with is a length of RNA with both non-coding and coding sequences.
The non-coding sequences are call introns and need to the spliced out to make functional mRNA.
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Key terms in this lesson
- prokaryotic cell
- A cell, such as a bacterium, that lacks a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles and has a single loop of circular DNA.
- eukaryotic cell
- A cell that has a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles.
- transcription
- The synthesis of a complementary strand of mRNA from a DNA template, catalysed by RNA polymerase.
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