Introns are crucial because the protein repertoire or variety is greatly enhanced by alternative splicing in which introns take partly important roles. Alternative splicing is a controlled molecular mechanism producing multiple variant proteins from a single gene in a eukaryotic cell. What is an intron and where is it found?Read More →
All eukaryotic genomes carry introns as parts of some gene structures and the introns are to be eliminated by a complex molecular machinery called the spliceosome comprising five snRNAs and more than 150 proteins . Where are introns found in eukaryotes? For example, introns are extremely common within the nuclearRead More →
Introns, from this perspective, have a profound purpose. They serve as hot spots for recombination in the formation of new combinations of exons. In other words, they are in our genes because they have been used during evolution as a faster pathway to assemble new genes. What are two functionsRead More →
Introns, from this perspective, have a profound purpose. They serve as hot spots for recombination in the formation of new combinations of exons. In other words, they are in our genes because they have been used during evolution as a faster pathway to assemble new genes. What is the benefitRead More →