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Functional analysis of synonymous substitutions predicted to affect splicing of the CFTR gene.
Journal of cystic fibrosis : official journal of the European Cystic Fibrosis Society - 1 Dec 2012
Scott Alexandra, Petrykowska Hanna M, Hefferon Timothy, Gotea Valer, Elnitski Laura
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BACKGROUND: Cystic fibrosis is caused by mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene. Over 1800 CFTR mutations have been reported, and about 12% of mutations are believed to impair pre-mRNA splicing. Given that several synthetic, non-splice-junction synonymous substitutions have been reported to alter splicing in CFTR, we predicted that naturally occurring synonymous...
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