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A survey of RNA editing in human brain

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2004-12
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Stratton, Michael
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Stratton, M
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Journal Article
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A survey of RNA editing in human brain We have conducted a survey of RNA editing in human brain by comparing sequences of clones from a human brain cDNA library to the reference human genome sequence and to genomic DNA from the same individual. In the RNA sample from which the library was constructed, -1:2000 nucleotides were edited out of \ensuremath>3 Mb surveyed. All edits were adenosine to inosine (A–\ensuremath>I) and were predominantly in intronic and in intergenic RNAs. No edits were found in translated exons and few in untranslated exons. Most edits were in high-copy-number repeats, usually Alus. Analysis of the genome in the vicinity of edited sequences strongly supports the idea that formation of intramolecular double- stranded RNA with an inverted copy underlies most A–\ensuremath>I editing. The likelihood of editing is increased by the presence of two inverted copies of a sequence within the same intron, proximity of the two sequences to each other (preferably within 2 kb), and by a high density of inverted copies in the vicinity. Editing exhibits sequence preferences and is less likely at an adenosine 3’ to a guanosine and more likely at an adenosine 5 to a guanosine. Simulation by BLAST alignment of the double-stranded RNA molecules that underlie known edits indicates that there is a greater likelihood of A–\ensuremath>I editing at A:C mismatches than editing at other mismatches or at A:U matches. However, because A:U matches in double-stranded RNA are more common than all mismatches, overall the likely effect of editing is to increase the number of mismatches in double- stranded RNA.
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https://repository.icr.ac.uk/handle/internal/1826
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  • Breast Cancer Research
  • Genetics and Epidemiology
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Genetic Susceptibility
Language
eng
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2004-12
Citation
GENOME RESEARCH, 2004, 14 pp. 2379 - 2387

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