Chapter 12, Problem 33CONQ

Summary Introduction

To review

Function of splicing factor. Regulation of cell specific splicing of messenger RNA by splicing factors.

Introduction:

Splicing is defined as a process in which non-coding sequences are released in the form of a lariat. The coding sequences are joined together encoding for a functional gene product called proteins whose configuration depends upon the amino acid sequences in a polypeptide chain. Splicing involves the establishment of spliceosome machinery containing proteins, group I introns, group II intron splicing mechanism and alternative splicing.