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Removal of introns and joining the exon in a definite order in a transcription unit called

Removal of introns and joining the exon in a definite order in a transcription unit called 

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Simran Vinaik
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4 years ago
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It is called as Splicing. SPlicing is a step which occurs after transcription. Exons are coding sections of mRNA and introns are non coding so they need to be removed. Just think of splicing machinery as a pair of scissors.554-2107_splicing.jpg

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