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Lariat lessons

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The spliceosome enzyme complex removes intron sequences from RNA transcripts to form messenger RNA. The crystal structure of a lasso-shaped RNA suggests a mechanism for this splicing process. See Article p.193

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Figure 1: Self-splicing reactions of group II introns.
Figure 2: Cartoon of the domain organization of group II introns.

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