Molecular evolution: introns fall into place.
The evolutionary origin of spliceosomal introns remains elusive. The startling success of a new way of predicting intron sites suggests that the splicing machinery determines where introns are added to genes.
Stoltzfus
Arlin
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Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology (CARB), 9600 Gudelsky Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20850, USA. arlin@carb.nist.gov
D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D007438:Introns; D008957:Models, Genetic; D022821:RNA Splice Sites / Q000235:genetics*; D012326:RNA Splicing / Q000235:genetics*
D022821:RNA Splice Sites