Splicing can produce false-positive results in dicistronic assays for IRES activity, highlighting the need for careful RNA structural analysis to rule out splicing as the source of perceived IRES function.
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Splicing artifacts may confound dicistronic IRES assays; challenges prior cellular IRES reports and leaves open validation via RNA analysis.
Baranick et al. (2008) studied this question.
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