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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Kathi Zarnack
PROVIDER: E-MTAB-1371 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Zarnack Kathi K König Julian J Tajnik Mojca M Martincorena Iñigo I Eustermann Sebastian S Stévant Isabelle I Reyes Alejandro A Anders Simon S Luscombe Nicholas M NM Ule Jernej J
Cell 20130101 3
There are ~650,000 Alu elements in transcribed regions of the human genome. These elements contain cryptic splice sites, so they are in constant danger of aberrant incorporation into mature transcripts. Despite posing a major threat to transcriptome integrity, little is known about the molecular mechanisms preventing their inclusion. Here, we present a mechanism for protecting the human transcriptome from the aberrant exonization of transposable elements. Quantitative iCLIP data show that the RN ...[more]