(a) Alternative splicing DNA Intron 1 Intron 2 Exon 1 Exon 2 Exon 3 Transcription 3' cleavage site Pre-MRNA 5' Exon 1 ΕonΣ ΕΚΟΠΕ 3' 3' cleavage and polyadenylation 5' Exon 1 Exon 2 ΕΚΟΠΕΙΑΑΛΑA 3 Either two introns are removed to yield one MRNA... ..or two introns and exon 2 are removed to yield a different mRNA. Alternative RNA splicing MRNA 5' Exon 1 Exon 2 Exon 3 AAAAA 3' 5' Exon 1 Exon 3 AAAAA 3' Gron 2 Intron 2 Intron 1, exon 2, and intron 2 Intron 1

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Suppose that a 20-bp deletion occurs in the middle of exon 2 of the gene depicted in Figure 14.12a. What will be the likely effect of this deletion in the proteins produced by alternative splicing?

(a) Alternative splicing
DNA
Intron 1
Intron 2
Exon 1
Exon 2
Exon 3
Transcription
3' cleavage site
Pre-MRNA
5' Exon 1
ΕonΣ
ΕΚΟΠΕ
3'
3' cleavage and
polyadenylation
5' Exon 1
Exon 2
ΕΚΟΠΕΙΑΑΛΑA 3
Either two introns
are removed to
yield one MRNA...
..or two introns and
exon 2 are removed to
yield a different mRNA.
Alternative
RNA splicing
MRNA
5' Exon 1 Exon 2 Exon 3 AAAAA 3' 5' Exon 1 Exon 3 AAAAA 3'
Gron 2
Intron 2
Intron 1, exon 2,
and intron 2
Intron 1
Transcribed Image Text:(a) Alternative splicing DNA Intron 1 Intron 2 Exon 1 Exon 2 Exon 3 Transcription 3' cleavage site Pre-MRNA 5' Exon 1 ΕonΣ ΕΚΟΠΕ 3' 3' cleavage and polyadenylation 5' Exon 1 Exon 2 ΕΚΟΠΕΙΑΑΛΑA 3 Either two introns are removed to yield one MRNA... ..or two introns and exon 2 are removed to yield a different mRNA. Alternative RNA splicing MRNA 5' Exon 1 Exon 2 Exon 3 AAAAA 3' 5' Exon 1 Exon 3 AAAAA 3' Gron 2 Intron 2 Intron 1, exon 2, and intron 2 Intron 1
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