Fig. 1 Transcription and Translation
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Fig. 2 The 5' Cap Structure of Eukaryotic mRNA

Fig. 3 RNA Splicing

Fig. 4 Three possible reading frames (1-3) for each transcript and potential proteins. (Blue codons are for termination, red letters indicate potential polypeptides.

1  ACG GGC ACA UGC AUG GCG AUU AAC UGA
                    M   A   I   N
2 A CGG GCA CAU GCA UGG CGA UUA ACU GA
3 AC GGG CAC AUG CAU GGC GAU UAA CUG A
              M   H   G   D

Fig. 5. Polycistronic mRNA Transcription and Translation