Origins and Impacts of New Mammalian Exons
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Author(s)
Merkin, Jason Jay
Chen, Ping
Alexis, Maria Sarah
Hautaniemi, Sampsa
Burge, Christopher B
Date Issued
March 2015
Journal
Cell Reports
Publisher
Elsevier
Citation
Merkin, Jason J. et al. “Origins and Impacts of New Mammalian Exons.” Cell Reports (2015): n. pag.
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Final published version
Abstract
Mammalian genes are composed of exons, but the evolutionary origins and functions of new internal exons are poorly understood. Here, we analyzed patterns of exon gain using deep cDNA sequencing data from five mammals and one bird, identifying thousands of species- and lineage-specific exons. Most new exons derived from unique rather than repetitive intronic sequence. Unlike exons conserved across mammals, species-specific internal exons were mostly located in 5′ UTRs and alternatively spliced. They were associated with upstream intronic deletions, increased nucleosome occupancy, and RNA polymerase II pausing. Genes containing new internal exons had increased gene expression, but only in tissues in which the exon was included. Increased expression correlated with the level of exon inclusion, promoter proximity, and signatures of cotranscriptional splicing. Altogether, these findings suggest that increased splicing at the 5′ ends of genes enhances expression and that changes in 5′ end splicing alter gene expression between tissues and between species.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Computational and Systems Biology Program
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2015.02.058
