Mechanistic insights from reversible splicing catalysis

  1. Duncan J. Smith and
  2. Maria M. Konarska
  1. The Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10021, USA

Abstract

Recent work demonstrating the ability of spliceosomes purified after the second catalytic step of splicing to efficiently reverse both steps of the reaction provides answers to several unresolved questions regarding the splicing reaction, and raises many more.

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  • Article published online ahead of print. Article and publication date are at http://www.rnajournal.org/cgi/doi/10.1261/rna.1289808.

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