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Fig. 2 | Respiratory Research

Fig. 2

From: Circular RNAs: a rising star in respiratory diseases

Fig. 2

Formation of exonic circRNAs (EcircRNAs), exon-intron circRNAs (EIciRNAs), and intronic circRNAs (CiRNAs). Two models of EcircRNAs and EIciRNAs formation exist, including lariat-driven circularization and intron-pairing-driven circularization, which can be catalyzed by complementary sequences and RNA-binding proteins (RBPs). CiRNA formation depends mainly on consensus motifs near both ends

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