Katyal S, Gao Z, Liu R-Z, Godbout R
Department of Oncology, University of Alberta, Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Cytogenet Genome Res. 2007;117(1-4):146-57. doi: 10.1159/000103175.
Alternative splicing represents a source of great diversity for regulating protein expression and function. It has been estimated that one-third to two-thirds of mammalian genes are alternatively spliced. With the sequencing of the chicken genome and analysis of transcripts expressed in chicken tissues, we are now in a position to address evolutionary conservation of alternative splicing events in chicken and mammals. Here, we compare chicken and mammalian transcript sequences of 41 alternatively-spliced genes and 50 frequently accessed genes. Our results support a high frequency of splicing events in chicken, similar to that observed in mammals.
可变剪接是调节蛋白质表达和功能的一个重要多样性来源。据估计,三分之一到三分之二的哺乳动物基因会发生可变剪接。随着鸡基因组的测序以及对鸡组织中表达的转录本的分析,我们现在有能力研究鸡和哺乳动物中可变剪接事件的进化保守性。在此,我们比较了41个可变剪接基因和50个常访问基因的鸡和哺乳动物转录本序列。我们的结果支持鸡中剪接事件的高频率,这与在哺乳动物中观察到的情况相似。