SPLICING

• WHAT DOES SPLICING PRODUCE?

  mRNA from pre-mRNA
• WHAT IS pre-mRNA?

  made in eukaryotes after transcription, form of mRNA that still contains the introns
• WHAT HAPPENS TO INTRONS?

  spliced out using spliceosome
• WHERE DOES SPLICING OCCUR?

  eukaryotes, not prokaryotes (do not contain introns)