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Using the E1A Minigene Tool to Study mRNA Splicing Changes
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对于小结合体的早期进化起源
Anthony G Russell1, J Michael Charette, David F Spencer
1Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, 5850 College Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 1X5, Canada.
Nature
|October 20, 2006
概括
在真核生物中,对于去除U12型内子至关重要的小结合体已经在各种微生物和真菌中被发现. 这表明小结合体起源于真核生物进化的早期.
科学领域:
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 进化生物学 进化生物学
- 基因组学就是基因组学.
背景情况:
- 小结合体从真核mRNA中去除U12类型的内子.
- 它含有独特的RNA组件,类似于主要的结合体snRNAs.
- 以前在动物和植物中发现,由于检测有限,它的进化历史不清楚.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究小结合体的进化起源.
- 为了识别不足的真核细胞系中的小结合体组件和U12型内核.
- 为了澄清这个必不可少的复杂的早期进化历史.
主要方法:
- 基因组数据的生物信息分析.
- 识别小结合体特异性蛋白质和snRNAs的同类物.
- 在多种真核微生物和真菌中检测U12型内子.
主要成果:
- 在原生体和真菌Rhizopus oryzae中发现了小结合体蛋白和snRNA的同类物.
- 在这些遥远的相关生物体中也发现了U12型内子.
- 有证据表明,小结合体存在于主要的真核超群中.
结论:
- 小结合体可能起源于真核生物进化的早期.
- 它的成分比以前认为的更广泛.
- 在U12型内子和snRNA中,功能性重要的序列元素在进化过程中被保留.
相关概念视频
RNA Splicing
Splicing is the process by which eukaryotic RNA is edited before its translation into protein. The RNA strand transcribed from eukaryotic DNA is called the primary transcript. The primary transcripts that become mRNAs are called precursor messenger RNAs (pre-mRNAs). Eukaryotic pre-mRNA contains alternating sequences of exons and introns. Exons are nucleotide sequences that code for proteins, whereas introns are the non-coding regions. In RNA splicing, introns are removed and exons are bonded...
RNA Splicing
Splicing is the process by which eukaryotic RNA is edited before its translation into protein. The RNA strand transcribed from eukaryotic DNA is called the primary transcript. The primary transcripts that become mRNAs are called precursor messenger RNAs (pre-mRNAs). Eukaryotic pre-mRNA contains alternating sequences of exons and introns. Exons are nucleotide sequences that code for proteins, whereas introns are the non-coding regions. In RNA splicing, introns are removed and exons are bonded...
Alternative RNA Splicing
Alternative RNA splicing is the regulated splicing of exons and introns to produce different mature mRNAs from a single pre-mRNA. Unlike in constitutive splicing where a single gene produces a single type of mRNA, alternative splicing allows an organism to produce multiple proteins from a single gene and plays an important role in protein diversity.
There are five types of alternative RNA splicing that vary in the ways the pre-mRNA segments are removed or retained in the mature mRNA. The first...
There are five types of alternative RNA splicing that vary in the ways the pre-mRNA segments are removed or retained in the mature mRNA. The first...
Pre-mRNA Processing: Modification of pre-mRNA Ends
In eukaryotic cells, transcripts made by RNA polymerase are modified and processed before exiting the nucleus. Unprocessed RNA is called precursor mRNA or pre-mRNA to distinguish it from mature mRNA.
Once about 20-40 ribonucleotides have been joined together by RNA polymerase, a group of enzymes adds a cap to the 5' end of the growing transcript. In this process, a 5' phosphate is replaced by modified guanosine that has a methyl group attached (7-methyl guanosine). This 5' cap helps the cell...
Once about 20-40 ribonucleotides have been joined together by RNA polymerase, a group of enzymes adds a cap to the 5' end of the growing transcript. In this process, a 5' phosphate is replaced by modified guanosine that has a methyl group attached (7-methyl guanosine). This 5' cap helps the cell...
Pre-mRNA Processing: RNA Splicing
Splicing is the process by which eukaryotic RNA is edited before its translation into protein. The RNA strand transcribed from eukaryotic DNA is called the primary transcript. The primary transcripts that become mRNAs are called precursor messenger RNAs (pre-mRNAs). Eukaryotic pre-mRNA contains alternating sequences of exons and introns. Exons are nucleotide sequences that code for proteins, whereas introns are the non-coding regions. In RNA splicing, introns are removed and exons are bonded...
Alternative RNA Splicing
Alternative RNA splicing is the regulated splicing of exons and introns to produce different mature mRNAs from a single pre-mRNA. Unlike in constitutive splicing where a single gene produces a single type of mRNA, alternative splicing allows an organism to produce multiple proteins from a single gene and plays an important role in protein diversity.
There are five types of alternative RNA splicing that vary in the ways the pre-mRNA segments are removed or retained in the mature mRNA. The first...
There are five types of alternative RNA splicing that vary in the ways the pre-mRNA segments are removed or retained in the mature mRNA. The first...

