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Artwork depicting hands gently cradling a mature mRNA globule, symbolizing its protection from the environment. The hands represent the core Transcription and Export complex, which embraces the mRNA globule with multiple copies in a similar protective fashion before being exported from the nucleus. This gesture has come to symbolize these pre-export mRNA complexes in the Plaschka Lab.

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