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Group II introns are a class of large, versatile ribozymes that interrupt genetic loci in bacteria, archaea and the organelles of certain eukaryotes. Following transcription, these ribozymes autocatalytically excise themselves through self-splicing. The Ll.LtrB group II intron w…

Since life took its earliest footholds, organisms have been in a perpetual arms race. Evolutionary trial and error has produced increasingly complex organisms. All with a single purpose, to utilize available resources as efficiently as possible and reproduce. This progression ha…

Alternative splicing (AS) is a common post-transcriptional process in eukaryotic organisms, by which multiple distinct functional transcripts are produced from a single gene. Because of its potential role in expanding transcript diversity, interest in alternative splicing has be…