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🧠 Altogether, we propose a model:
RNA speckle localization = a marker of early spliceosome assembly, helping ensure efficient and accurate splicing.

🔗 [https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.05.28.656493]
This project was led by Li Wen (@UChicago) and Mauricio A. Arias (@NYU_Courant).
May 29, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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⏱️ We find that speckle localization correlates with splicing kinetics.
Stronger localization → Faster splicing
May 29, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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🧬 Disease-associated single nucleotide variants (SNVs) reduce the localization of isolated exons, hinting at a potential mechanism for splicing-related pathologies.
May 29, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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🔍 Nuclear speckles are membraneless organelles involved in RNA processing.
But what determines which RNAs localize to speckles?
We found that pre-mRNA-like sequences—even in unspliceable transcripts—drive localization.
May 29, 2025 at 6:50 PM