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SCIENCE
Volume 300, Issue 5623, Pages 1288-1291Publisher
AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1126/science.1082588
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Alu repetitive elements can be inserted into mature messenger RNAs via a splicing-mediated process termed exonization. To understand the molecular basis and the regulation of the process of turning intronic Alus into new exons, we compiled and analyzed a data set of human exonized Alus. We revealed a mechanism that governs 3' splice-site selection in these exons during alternative splicing. On the basis of these findings, we identified mutations that activated the exonization of a silent intronic Alu.
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