Article
Evolutionary constraint helps unmask a splicing regulatory region in BRCA1 exon 11.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Raponi Michela, Douglas Andrew G L, Tammaro Claudia, Wilson David I, Baralle Diana
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Alternative splicing across exon 11 produces several BRCA1 isoforms. Their proportion varies during the cell cycle, between tissues and in cancer suggesting functional importance of BRCA1 splicing regulation around this exon. Although the regulatory elements driving exon 11 splicing have never been identified, a selective constraint against synonymous substitutions (silent nucleotide variations that...
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