TOPICS: Prokaryotes, eukaryotes, mRNA, pre-mRNA, mature mRNA, protein, promoter region, gene, RNA polymerase, enhancer, silencer, rRNA (nucleolus), RNA polymerase I, RNA polymerase II, mRNA, amatoxins, RNA polymerase III, tRNA, prokaryotes, antibiotics, template strand, 5’ cap, guanine, adenine, 3’ poly-A tail, introns, splicing, spliceosomes, small nuclear ribonucleoproteins (snRNPs), exons, Lariat intermediate, alternative splicing, ribosome, translation, RNA interference, gene silencing, microRNA (miRNA), pre-miRNA, nucleus, cytosol, dicer, ribonuclease, RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC), small interfering RNA (siRNA), start codon, coding strand, template strand