Introns and the origin of nucleus–cytosol compartmentalization
Introns and the origin of nucleus–cytosol compartmentalization
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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The origin of the eukaryotic nucleus marked a seminal evolutionary transition. We propose that the nuclear envelope's incipient function was to allow mRNA splicing, which is slow, to go to completion so that translation, which is fast, would occur only on mRNA with intact reading frames. The rapid, fortuitous spread of introns following the origin...
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Introns and the origin of nucleus–cytosol compartmentalization
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_743349670
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0028-0836
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1476-4687
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10.1038/nature04531
