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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-2-22
pubmed:abstractText
A notable difficulty in annotating genomic sequence is identifying the correct start codon in a gene. An important such case has been found with KRIT1, the cerebral cavernous malformation type 1 (CCM1) gene. Analysis of human and mouse genomic sequence encompassing the region containing KRIT1/Krit1 using exon/gene-prediction and comparative alignment programs revealed putative exons upstream of the previously described first exon. These additional candidate exons show significant matches to mouse and human ESTs that are contiguous with and extend upstream from the previously designated 5' end of the KRIT1 cDNA sequence. RT-PCR and 5'RACE experiments confirm the presence of four additional upstream coding exons that encode an additional 207 amino acids. Importantly, a novel frameshift mutation in one of these newly identified KRIT1 exons has been found in a CCM1 family. These data establish the authentic KRIT1 amino acid sequence and suggest that the additional KRIT1 exons may harbor mutations in other CCM1 families. In addition, these results provide another example of the utility of rigorous computational and comparative sequence analysis for refining gene structure.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0888-7543
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2001 Academic Press.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
71
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
123-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-5-6
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11161805-Alternative Splicing, pubmed-meshheading:11161805-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:11161805-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11161805-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:11161805-Exons, pubmed-meshheading:11161805-Expressed Sequence Tags, pubmed-meshheading:11161805-Frameshift Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:11161805-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11161805-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:11161805-Microtubule-Associated Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11161805-Models, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:11161805-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:11161805-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:11161805-Proto-Oncogene Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11161805-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:11161805-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:11161805-Software
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Computational and experimental analyses reveal previously undetected coding exons of the KRIT1 (CCM1) gene.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Genetics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't