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RNA enzymes for RNA splicing

Many messenger RNAs are not functional until they are processed by a complex called the spliceosome. It seems increasingly likely that processing is catalysed by the RNA — and not the protein — parts of this complex.

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Figure 1: Splicing of precursor messenger RNA molecules.

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