Evolutionary BiologyNucleic Acids ResearchPeer-reviewed
Splicing regulation and intron evolution in the short-intron ciliate model of endosymbiosis Paramecium bursaria
Thi Ngan Giang Nguyen, Md Mostafa Kamal, Chien‐Ling Lin, Jun‐Yi Leu
This study investigates splicing regulation and intron evolution in Paramecium bursaria during endosymbiosis, finding that splicing enhances gene expression and older introns evolve toward shorter lengths and lower GC content for efficient splicing.
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