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Minor spliceosome and disease.
Seminars in cell & developmental biology - 1 Jul 2018
Verma Bhupendra, Akinyi Maureen V, Norppa Antto J, Frilander Mikko J
Abstract excerpt
The U12-dependent (minor) spliceosome excises a rare group of introns that are characterized by a highly conserved 5' splice site and branch point sequence. Several new congenital or somatic diseases have recently been associated with mutations in components of the minor spliceosome. A common theme in these diseases is the detection of elevated levels of transcripts containing U12-type introns, of which a subset...
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