Pre-mRNA is processed in the nucleus by adding a cap to the 5' end and a tail to the 3' end to stabilize it, and by splicing out introns and joining exons. This creates mature mRNA ready for translation.
Pre-mRNA is processed in the nucleus by adding a cap to the 5' end and a tail to the 3' end to stabilize it, and by splicing out introns and joining exons. This creates mature mRNA ready for translation.
| Front | Describe how pre-mRNA is processed to produce mature mRNA and where the process occurs. |
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| Back | RNA processing:
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