对基因活动和通过对人类转录基因组进行深度测序的替代拼接的全球视图
Marc Sultan1, Marcel H Schulz, Hugues Richard
1Department of Vertebrate Genomics, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Ihnestrasse 73, 14195 Berlin, Germany.
概括
这项研究对人类转录组进行了测序,揭示了新的基因拼接接口和替代拼接事件. RNA-Sequencing (RNA-Seq) 发现的基因多于微阵列,增强了我们对人类转录组的理解.
科学领域:
- 基因组学就是基因组学.
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 文字转录学 (Transcriptomics) 是一个学科.
背景情况:
- 人类转录组的复杂性仍然不完全理解.
- 高通量测序为转录组分析提供了先进的方法.
研究的目的:
- 从人类胚胎脏和B细胞系中进行人类转录组的高通量测序.
- 为了识别新的拼接连接点,并描述替代拼接事件.
- 将RNA测序 (RNA-Seq) 的基因检测能力与微阵列进行比较.
主要方法:
- 传递 RNA (mRNA) 转录的枪枪测序.
- 生物信息分析用于映射序列,读取基因组位置.
- 信息RNA (mRNA) 拼接事件的识别和编目.
主要成果:
- 50%的测序转录被映射到独特的基因组位置,其中80%对应于已知的外型.
- 66%的多基化转录组映射到已知的基因,而34%映射到未注释的区域.
- RNA-Seq检测到的基因比微阵列多25%,并确定了94,241个拼接接口,其中包括4096个以前未知的.
- 突跳转被确定为最常见的替代拼接形式.
结论:
- 高通量RNA-Seq提供了比微阵列更全面的人类转录组视图.
- 转录组的很大一部分映射到没有注释的区域,这表明尚未发现的基因组功能.
- 这项研究显著扩大了已知的拼接接口的目录,并突出了替代拼接中外子跳转的普遍性.
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