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pre-mRNA

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pre-mRNA
precursor mRNA.


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Gunderson suggests that combining both capabilities in the same molecule can enable the U1 Adaptor to inhibit the pre-mRNA maturation step of polyA tail addition in a gene specific manner.
Since snRNPs are an integral part of the pre-mRNA splicing machinery, it is possible that mutant proteins that alter Cajal body activity indirectly affect pre-mRNA splicing.
RNA segments called exons carry the protein-making information, while the segments between exons, called introns, are snipped out of pre-mRNA by special proteins.
 
 
 
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