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. 1980 Aug;77(8):4683–4687. doi: 10.1073/pnas.77.8.4683

Electron microscope study of duck globin mRNA precursor crosslinked in situ.

C Reymond, A Aglianó, G Spohr
PMCID: PMC349910  PMID: 6933516

Abstract

Double-stranded RNA segments present in duck globin pre-mRNA were crosslinked in situ with aminomethyltrioxalen and UV light. The secondary structure of the crosslinked pre-mRNA was then studied by electron-microscopic analysis of pre-mRNA . cDNA hybrids. The data suggest that duck globin pre-mRNAs contain intervening sequences that are excised stepwise. Excision and subsequent ligation appears to occur on precursor molecules that are stabilized by base-paired regions.

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