A. Parent
Department de Biochimie, Faculte de Medecine, Universite de Sherbrooke,
Sherbrooke, Quebec JlH 5N4, Canada
I. Benzaghou
Department de Biochimie, Faculte de Medecine, Universite de Sherbrooke,
Sherbrooke, Quebec JlH 5N4, Canada
I. Bougie
Department de Biochimie, Faculte de Medecine, Universite de Sherbrooke,
Sherbrooke, Quebec JlH 5N4, Canada
M. Bisaillon
Department de Biochimie, Faculte de Medecine, Universite de Sherbrooke,
Sherbrooke, Quebec JlH 5N4, Canada
ABSTRACT
Eukaryotic mRNAs are extensively modified prior to being translated into proteins. Processing events such as RNA capping, splicing and polyadenylation are required to produce fully translatable mRNAs. Growing evidences suggest that the carboxy-terminal domain of the RNA polymerase II act as a common link between these events. The importance of coordination between transcription and RNA processing is also discussed in this mini review.
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A. Parent, I. Benzaghou, I. Bougie and M. Bisaillon, 2004. Transcription and mRNA Processing Events: the Importance of Coordination. Journal of Biological Sciences, 4: 624-627.
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2004.624.627
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jbs.2004.624.627
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2004.624.627
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jbs.2004.624.627
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