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"The notion of the cistron [i.e., gene] ... must be replaced by that of a transcription unit containing regions which will be lost from the mature messenger – which I suggest we call introns (for intragenic regions) – alternating with regions which will be expressed – exons." (Gilbert 1978) Gilbert W (February 1978). "Why genes in pieces?". Nature. 271 (5645): 501. Bibcode:1978Natur.271..501G. doi:10.1038/271501a0. PMID622185. S2CID4216649.
Kinniburgh AJ, Mertz JE, Ross J (July 1978). "The precursor of mouse beta-globin messenger RNA contains two intervening RNA sequences". Cell. 14 (3): 681–693. doi:10.1016/0092-8674(78)90251-9. PMID688388. S2CID21897383.
Chow LT, Gelinas RE, Broker TR, Roberts RJ (September 1977). "An amazing sequence arrangement at the 5' ends of adenovirus 2 messenger RNA". Cell. 12 (1): 1–8. doi:10.1016/0092-8674(77)90180-5. PMID902310. S2CID2099968.
Belfort M, Pedersen-Lane J, West D, Ehrenman K, Maley G, Chu F, Maley F (June 1985). "Processing of the intron-containing thymidylate synthase (td) gene of phage T4 is at the RNA level". Cell. 41 (2): 375–382. doi:10.1016/s0092-8674(85)80010-6. PMID3986907. S2CID27127017.
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Padgett RA, Grabowski PJ, Konarska MM, Seiler S, Sharp PA (1986). "Splicing of messenger RNA precursors". Annual Review of Biochemistry. 55: 1119–1150. doi:10.1146/annurev.bi.55.070186.005351. PMID2943217.
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Jeffares DC, Mourier T, Penny D (January 2006). "The biology of intron gain and loss". Trends in Genetics. 22 (1): 16–22. doi:10.1016/j.tig.2005.10.006. PMID16290250.
"The notion of the cistron [i.e., gene] ... must be replaced by that of a transcription unit containing regions which will be lost from the mature messenger – which I suggest we call introns (for intragenic regions) – alternating with regions which will be expressed – exons." (Gilbert 1978) Gilbert W (February 1978). "Why genes in pieces?". Nature. 271 (5645): 501. Bibcode:1978Natur.271..501G. doi:10.1038/271501a0. PMID622185. S2CID4216649.
Kinniburgh AJ, Mertz JE, Ross J (July 1978). "The precursor of mouse beta-globin messenger RNA contains two intervening RNA sequences". Cell. 14 (3): 681–693. doi:10.1016/0092-8674(78)90251-9. PMID688388. S2CID21897383.
Chow LT, Gelinas RE, Broker TR, Roberts RJ (September 1977). "An amazing sequence arrangement at the 5' ends of adenovirus 2 messenger RNA". Cell. 12 (1): 1–8. doi:10.1016/0092-8674(77)90180-5. PMID902310. S2CID2099968.
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