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Alpha-thalassaemia caused by a polyadenylation signal mutation.
Nature - 1 Jan 2000
Higgs D R, Goodbourn S E, Lamb J, Clegg J B, Weatherall D J, Proudfoot N J
Abstract excerpt
Most eukaryotic messenger RNAs have the sequence AAUAAA 11-30 nucleotides from the 3'-terminal poly(A) tract. Since this is the only significant sequence homology in the 3' non-coding region it has been suggested that it may be a recognition site for enzymes involved in polyadenylation and/or termination of polymerase II transcription. This idea is strengthened by observations on the effect of deletion mutations...
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