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Methyl guanosine triphosphate is added to the 5′ end of hnRNA in a process of
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At 5′ end of hnRNA, a cap is formed by modification of GTP into 7-methyl guanosine or 7mGppp. This process is called capping and it protects the mRNA from degradation by nucleases and also.