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Viral cell biology: Influenza raids the splicing store

Regulated splicing of some influenza virus RNAs is necessary for the synthesis of various essential proteins. Processing of these transcripts is now found to occur in nuclear speckles, previously considered storage sites for cellular splicing factors.

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Figure 1: Localization of influenza M RNA splicing in speckles.

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Valcárcel, J., Ortín, J. Viral cell biology: Influenza raids the splicing store. Nat Microbiol 1, 16100 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmicrobiol.2016.100

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