In this article we will discuss about the introduction and intron, exon structure of split genes. Introduction to Split Genes: It has been generally believed that a gene is a continuous, uninterrupted sequence of nucleotides which codes for a single polypeptide chain. Some recent work has shown that this may not always be so. The […]
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In this article we will discuss about the discovery and evolution of split genes. Discovery of Split Genes: During 1970, in some mammalian viruses (e.g. adenoviruses) it was found that the DNA sequences coding for a polypeptide were not present continuously but were split into several pieces. Therefore, these genes were variously named as split […]
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