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Widespread intra-dependencies in the removal of introns from human transcripts.
Nucleic acids research - 19 Sept 2017
Kim Seong Won, Taggart Allison J, Heintzelman Claire, Cygan Kamil J, Hull Caitlin G, Wang Jing, Shrestha Barsha, Fairbrother William G
Abstract excerpt
Research into the problem of splice site selection has followed a reductionist approach focused on how individual splice sites are recognized. Early applications of information theory uncovered an inconsistency. Human splice signals do not contain enough information to explain the observed fidelity of splicing. Here, we conclude that introns do not necessarily contain 'missing' information but rather may require...
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