Molecular BiologybioRxivPreprint
Cis-element acquisition converts pervasive transcripts into translated mRNAs
Rongjia Zhang, Charles J. David
This study shows that adding splicing and polyadenylation signals to non-coding transcripts can convert them into stable, translated mRNAs, with nuclear export being the key rate-limiting step.
DOI 10.64898/2026.09.02.749023