Editing Trans-splicing (section)

{{Short description|Maturation process joining exons from different pre-mRNAs into a mature mRNA}}
'''''Trans''-splicing''' is a special form of [[RNA splicing|RNA processing]] where [[exon]]s from two different primary [[Messenger RNA|RNA transcripts]] are joined end to end and [[Ligase|ligated]]. It is usually found in [[eukaryote]]s and mediated by the [[spliceosome]], although some bacteria and archaea also have "half-genes" for [[tRNA]]s.<ref name="Lei2016">{{cite journal | vauthors = Lei Q, Li C, Zuo Z, Huang C, Cheng H, Zhou R | title = Evolutionary Insights into RNA trans-Splicing in Vertebrates | journal = Genome Biology and Evolution | volume = 8 | issue = 3 | pages = 562–77 | date = March 2016 | pmid = 26966239 | pmc = 4824033 | doi = 10.1093/gbe/evw025 }}</ref>