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Characterization of the branch site in lariat RNAs produced by splicing of mRNA precursors

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The branch site of lariat RNAs produced during the splicing of the first two late leader exons of adenovirus-2 has a structure of …A2′p5′G…3′p5′U…. There is a distinct complementarity between sequences preceding the adenosine at the branch site and the 5′ terminus of the intervening sequence.

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    Maria M. Konarska, Paula J. Grabowski, Richard A. Padgett & Phillip A. Sharp

  2. Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-532, Warsaw, Poland

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Konarska, M., Grabowski, P., Padgett, R. et al. Characterization of the branch site in lariat RNAs produced by splicing of mRNA precursors. Nature 313, 552–557 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1038/313552a0

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