Trans‐splicing is the joining together of portions of two separate pre‐mRNA molecules. The
two distinct categories of spliceosomal trans‐splicing are genic trans‐splicing, which joins …

Pre-RNA splicing is an essential step in generating mature mRNA. RNA trans-splicing
combines two separate pre-mRNA molecules to form a chimeric non-co-linear RNA, which …

The mRNAs of six C. elegans genes are known to be trans-spliced to SL2. We report here
that a similarly oriented gene is located 100-300 bp upstream of each. We present evidence …

Eukaryotic cells express several classes of small RNAs that regulate gene expression and
ensure genome maintenance. Endogenous siRNAs (endo-siRNAs) and Piwi-interacting …

We review all instances in which the nuclear 5S rRNA genes of fungi, protist, nematode, and
arthropod species have been reported to be linked to the tandemly repeated units of the …

Background The soil-transmitted helminths (STH) Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris
trichiura are gastrointestinal parasites causing many disabilities to humans, particularly …

We present evidence that a subset of mRNAs in the human parasitic trematode Schistosoma
mansoni contain an identical 36-nucleotide spliced leader (SL) sequence at their 5'termini …

Intermolecular trans-splicing is, by definition, an RNA processing reaction that precisely
joins exons derived from separately transcribed RNAs. In one specific type of trans-splicing …

Blaxter M. & Liu L. 1996. Nematode spliced leaders—ubiquity, evolution and utility.
International Journal for Parasitology 26: 1025–1033. Most nematode messenger RNAs …

Parasitic helminths (worms belonging to several metazoan phyla) cause considerable
morbidity and mortality in humans. They are an important veterinary problem, and they result …