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Splicing 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 with no nucleus or membrane-bound organelles, found in bacteria.
- eukaryotic cell
- A cell with a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles, found in animals, plants, fungi and protoctists.
- transcription
- The synthesis of a complementary mRNA strand from a DNA template, which takes place in the nucleus.
More in Biological Molecules
- Continuous and Dis-continuous Replication
- Replication Errors
- The Genetic Code
- Protein Synthesis
- The role of tRNA, mRNA and rRNA
- Transcription
- Translation
- ATP
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