Research Article

3′ Splice Site Sequences of Spinal Muscular Atrophy Related SMN2 Pre-mRNA Include Enhancers for Nearby Exons

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3′ splice site of exon 7 includes enhancer for exon 7 inclusion of both SMN2 and SMN1 pre-mRNA. (a) A mutant construct (SMN2-E7-3′ss-con) in which 3′ splice site of exon 7 was mutated to the conserved sequence in SMN2. RT-PCR analysis of SMN2-E7-3′ss-con minigene of SMN2 pre-mRNA is shown. (b) A mutant construct (SMN1-E7-3′ss-con) in which 5′ splice site of exon 7 was mutated to the conserved sequence in SMN1 is shown. RT-PCR analysis of E7-3′ss-con minigene of SMN1 pre-mRNA is shown.
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