CircRNA Produce Protein (IMAGE)

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

CircRNA Produce Protein

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Circular RNAs (circRNA) are produced in the cell nucleus after they are copied from the DNA and closed. This new research shows that some of them are translated and produce protein once they are exported from the nucleus.

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