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Expansion of the eukaryotic proteome by alternative splicing

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It is now clear that the 'missing' information is in large part provided by alternative splicing, the process by which multiple different functional messenger RNAs, and therefore proteins, can be synthesized from a single gene.
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The collection of components required to carry out the intricate processes involved in generating and maintaining a living, breathing and, sometimes, thinking organism is staggeringly complex. Where do all of the parts come from? Early estimates stated that about 100,000 genes would be required to make up a mammal; however, the actual number is less than one-quarter of that, barely four times the number of genes in budding yeast. It is now clear that the 'missing' information is in large part provided by alternative splicing, the process by which multiple different functional messenger RNAs, and therefore proteins, can be synthesized from a single gene.

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rMATS: Robust and flexible detection of differential alternative splicing from replicate RNA-Seq data

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Complementary Sequence-Mediated Exon Circularization

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that exon circularization is dependent on flanking intronic complementary sequences in human introns and that alternative formation of inverted repeated Alu pairs can lead to alternative circularization, resulting in multiple circular RNA transcripts produced from a single gene.
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The genome sequence of Drosophila melanogaster

Mark Raymond Adams, +194 more
- 24 Mar 2000 - 
TL;DR: The nucleotide sequence of nearly all of the approximately 120-megabase euchromatic portion of the Drosophila genome is determined using a whole-genome shotgun sequencing strategy supported by extensive clone-based sequence and a high-quality bacterial artificial chromosome physical map.
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Alternative Isoform Regulation in Human Tissue Transcriptomes

TL;DR: An in-depth analysis of 15 diverse human tissue and cell line transcriptomes on the basis of deep sequencing of complementary DNA fragments yielding a digital inventory of gene and mRNA isoform expression suggested common involvement of specific factors in tissue-level regulation of both splicing and polyadenylation.
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Deep surveying of alternative splicing complexity in the human transcriptome by high-throughput sequencing

TL;DR: It is estimated that transcripts from ∼95% of multiexon genes undergoAlternative splicing and that there are ∼100,000 intermediate- to high-abundance alternative splicing events in major human tissues.
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Listening to silence and understanding nonsense: exonic mutations that affect splicing

TL;DR: As the splicing mechanisms that depend on exonic signals are elucidated, new therapeutic approaches to treating certain genetic diseases can begin to be explored.
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