splicing

https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.S05885
  1. (of RNA) The procedure by which @I03141@ are removed from eukaryotic precursor mRNA molecules and adjacent @E02268@ sequences are joined together (spliced).
  2. (of DNA) Manipulation for joining together double-stranded @D01597@ fragments with protruding single-stranded '@S06014@' by means of @L03521@.
Source:
PAC, 1992, 64, 143. (Glossary for chemists of terms used in biotechnology (IUPAC Recommendations 1992)) on page 166 [Terms] [Paper]