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Alberts B, Bray D, Lewis J, et al. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 3rd edition. New York: Garland Science; 1994.

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Molecular Biology of the Cell. 3rd edition.

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Figure 6-26. The structure of the cap at the 5 ' end of eucaryotic mRNA molecules.

Figure 6-26The structure of the cap at the 5 ' end of eucaryotic mRNA molecules

Note the unusual 5'-to-5' linkage to the positively charged 7-methylguanosine and the methylation of the 2' hydroxyl group on the first ribose sugar in the RNA. (The second sugar may or may not be methylated.)

From: RNA and Protein Synthesis

Copyright © 1994, Bruce Alberts, Dennis Bray, Julian Lewis, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, and James D Watson.

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