"RNA Precursors" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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RNA transcripts of the DNA that are in some unfinished stage of post-transcriptional processing (RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL) required for function. RNA precursors may undergo several steps of RNA SPLICING during which the phosphodiester bonds at exon-intron boundaries are cleaved and the introns are excised. Consequently a new bond is formed between the ends of the exons. Resulting mature RNAs can then be used; for example, mature mRNA (RNA, MESSENGER) is used as a template for protein production.
Descriptor ID |
D012322
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MeSH Number(s) |
D13.400.730 D13.444.735.640
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Concept/Terms |
RNA Precursor- RNA Precursor
- Precursor, RNA
- Precursor RNA
- RNA, Precursor
Primary RNA Transcript- Primary RNA Transcript
- RNA Transcript, Primary
- Transcript, Primary RNA
- Primary Transcript, RNA
- RNA Primary Transcript
- Transcript, RNA Primary
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Below are the most recent publications written about "RNA Precursors" by people in Profiles.
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Critical role of nucleostemin in pre-rRNA processing. J Biol Chem. 2009 Feb 20; 284(8):4968-77.