We found that many large introns are removed by multiple recursive splicing steps, ... These steps involve the sequential excision of smaller subfragments. Our work also indicates that most recursive splicing events leave no clues in the final mRNA. This is why they have not been detected before now.
- Javier LópezOur experimental results agreed with the computational findings, indicating that these ratchetting points mediate the removal of intron subfragments in one direction as the gene is transcribed initially from DNA into RNA,
- Javier LópezWe found that many large introns are removed by multiple recursive splicing steps, ... These steps involve the sequential excision of smaller subfragments. Our work also indicates that most recursive splicing events leave no clues in the final mRNA. This is why they have not been detected before now.
- Javier López