title: A pause to splice.
abstract: Maturation of mRNA termini occurs during transcription and can be aided by pausing of RNA polymerase II (RNAPII). In this issue of Molecular Cell, two groups now demonstrate that RNAPII pausing may also assist cotranscriptional splicing in S. cerevisiae.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology, Centre for mRNP Biogenesis and Metabolism, CF Møllers Allé 3, Building 1130, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark.
authors.forename: Pia K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Andersen
authors.forename: Torben Heick
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Jensen