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ArticleDNA and cell biology2012

Characterization of the human ornithine transcarbamylase 3' untranslated regulatory region.

Monica Lopes-Marques, Isabel Pereira-Castro, António Amorim, Luisa Azevedo

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Article in DNA and cell biology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Monica Lopes-MarquesPopulation Genetics Group, IPATIMUP-Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Isabel Pereira-Castro
António Amorim
Luisa Azevedo
Universidade do Porto · PTUniversity of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro · PT

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Abstract

Mutations in the untranslated regulatory regions of genes may result in abnormal gene expression or transcriptional regulation. In this study, we characterize the ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC) mRNA isoforms of the X-linked OTC gene involved in the urea formation in the liver. Our data revealed that two major transcripts (OTC-t1 and OTC-t2) are more highly expressed than any of the other isoforms in all the tissues analyzed, though a longer transcript (OTC-t3) was also isolated and characterized from the brain sample. The OTC-t2 sequence fully matches the OTC mRNA reference sequence (NM_000531.5). All three isoforms use a canonical AAUAAA hexamer that is predicted to fold into a hairpin secondary structure which might be exposed to the cleavage and polyadenylation specificity factor. In addition, we observed that the OTC-t1 and OTC-t2 transcripts display heterogeneity at the cleavage sites in a tissue-dependent manner. Taken together, our data demonstrate that several mRNA isoforms are transcribed from the OTC gene, thereby indicating a wide degree of variability in post-transcriptional regulation.

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3' Untranslated RegionsBase PairingBase SequenceBrainComputational BiologyDNA, ComplementaryDNA PrimersExpressed Sequence TagsGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, EnzymologicHumansIsoenzymesLiverMolecular Sequence DataMutationOrnithine Carbamoyltransferase3' Untranslated RegionsDNA, ComplementaryDNA PrimersIsoenzymesOrnithine CarbamoyltransferaseRNA, Messenger

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PMID22054066
PMCPMC3322402
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