mRNA splice junction

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Introduction

Site of mRNA splicing.

Consensus sequence

C/A A G ^ G T A/G A G T . . . . . [T/C]>10  N C/T A G ^ G
        ^                                             ^
        |                                             |
          <-------------- Intron ------------------->
Exon n                                                   Exon n+1

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References

  1. Alperts et al Molecular Biology of the Cell, Garland Publishing, New York, NY 1989
  2. Wikipedia: RNA splicing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RNA_splicing