Pre-mRNA splicing: life at the centre of the central dogma

Numerous studies have demonstrated extensive coupling among different steps in eukaryotic gene expression, the best example being the intimate connection between transcription and RNA processing. More recently, new connections between nuclear and cytoplasmic steps in post-transcriptional gene

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