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Exonization of AluYa5 in the human ACE gene requires mutations in both 3' and 5' splice sites and is facilitated by a conserved splicing enhancer.
Nucleic acids research - 1 Jan 2005
Lei Haixin, Day Ian N M, Vorechovský Igor
Abstract excerpt
Ancient Alu elements have been shown to be included in mature transcripts by point mutations that improve their 5' or 3' splice sites. We have examined requirements for exonization of a younger, disease-associated AluYa5 in intron 16 of the human ACE gene. A single G>C transversion in position -3 of the new Alu exon was insufficient for Alu exonization and a significant inclusion in mRNA was only observed when...
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