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Gene expression profiling of U12-type spliceosome mutant Drosophila reveals widespread changes in metabolic pathways.
PloS one - 11 Oct 2010
Pessa Heli K J, Greco Dario, Kvist Jouni, Wahlström Gudrun, Heino Tapio I, Auvinen Petri, Frilander Mikko J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The U12-type spliceosome is responsible for the removal of a subset of introns from eukaryotic mRNAs. U12-type introns are spliced less efficiently than normal U2-type introns, which suggests a rate-limiting role in gene expression. The Drosophila genome contains about 20 U12-type introns, many of them in essential genes, and the U12-type spliceosome has previously been shown to be essential in the...
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