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. 2014 Jan 28;7:53. doi: 10.1186/1756-3305-7-53

Figure 4.

Figure 4

Spliced Leader RNA trans-splicing. The SL RNA (black) attaches to the first exon (red) of an mRNA. The outron of the mRNA and the intron of the SL RNA attach and form a branch in the same way that in traditional splicing the intron forms a lariat.