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Using the E1A Minigene Tool to Study mRNA Splicing Changes
Published on: April 22, 2021
Hubert Lerivray1, Agnès Méreau, H Beverley Osborne
1UMR 6061 Génétique et Développement, CNRS/Université de Rennes 1, IFR 140 Génétique Fonctionnelle, Agronomie et Santé, Faculté de Médecine CS 34317, Rennes, France. hubert.lerivray@univ-rennes1.fr
Abstract:
Alternative splicing is a widespread mechanism in mammals that generates several mRNAs from one gene, thereby creating genetic diversity of the genome. Variant splice patterns are often specific to different stages of development or particular tissues, and alternative splicing defects are being more frequently detected in genetic diseases and cancers. The increasingly important role of alternative splicing in the function and the regulation of cellular process makes it critical to have an easy-to-use data repository for the biological and medical research communities. We have compared web resources that give access to information on alternatively spliced genes, and the FAST DB (Friendly Alternative Splicing and Transcripts DataBase) site came out as our favourite.
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