ReviewWiley interdisciplinary reviews. RNA2017
Microexons: discovery, regulation, and function.
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- Upregulation of a CircularInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- Conservation of extended sequence and structure in the branchpoint-to-3' splice site region upstream of neural microexons.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Schistosome esophageal gland factor MEG-8.2 drives host cell lysis and interacts with host immune proteins.PLoS pathogens · 2026Article
- The "cutting edge" of non-canonical RNA splicing.Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2026Review
- Assessment of microexon-associated junction usage in Parkinson's disease and spinocerebellar Ataxia type 3.Frontiers in molecular neuroscience · 2026Article
- Primate-specific adaptation of Ku protects transcriptomic integrity by suppressing Alu-mediated alternative splicing.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Cardioprotective role of RBFox1 in myocardial infarction-induced heart failure.Cardiovascular research · 2025Article
- RNA-binding proteins connect Exon usage to the chromatin.NAR genomics and bioinformatics · 2025Article
- Alternative splicing of the Snap23 microexon is regulated by MBNL, QKI, and RBFOX2 in a tissue-specific manner and is altered in striated muscle diseases.RNA biology · 2025Article
- Collectors, not hoarders: Complex gene structures in Amphidinium carterae revealed through nanopore sequencing.BMC genomics · 2025Article
- A microexon in Arp2 alters tissue-specific Arp2/3-generated actin structures.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Oligonucleotides targeting the 3' splice site downstream of a microexon as an innovative therapy for autism.NAR molecular medicine · 2025Article
- MEPDB: Database of microExons in plants.The New phytologist · 2025Article
- Dysregulated RNA-binding proteins and alternative splicing: Emerging roles in autism spectrum disorder.Molecules and cells · 2025Review
- Regulated microexon alternative splicing in single neurons tunes synaptic function.EMBO reports · 2025Article
- Morphogenesis, starvation, and light responses in a mushroom-forming fungus revealed by long-read sequencing and extensive expression profiling.Cell genomics · 2025Article
- Autism-related traits in myotonic dystrophy type 1 model mice are due to MBNL sequestration and RNA mis-splicing of autism-risk genes.Nature neuroscience · 2025Article
- Fully haplotyped genome assemblies of healthy individuals reveal variability in 5'ss strength and support by splicing regulatory proteins.NAR genomics and bioinformatics · 2025Article
- Mutations in the microexon splicing regulator srrm4 have minor phenotypic effects on zebrafish neural development.G3 (Bethesda, Md.) · 2025Article
- TP53 minigene analysis of 161 sequence changes provides evidence for role of spatial constraint and regulatory elements on variant-induced splicing impact.NPJ genomic medicine · 2025Article
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Abstract
The importance of RNA splicing in numerous cellular processes is well established. However, an underappreciated aspect is the ability of the spliceosome to recognize a set of very small (3-30 nucleotide, 1-10 amino acid) exons named microexons. Despite their small size, microexons and their regulation through alternative splicing have now been shown to play critical roles in protein and system function. Here we review the discovery of microexons over time and the mechanisms by which their splicing is regulated, including recent progress made through deep RNA sequencing. We also discuss the functional role of microexons in biology and disease. WIREs RNA 2017, 8:e1418. doi: 10.1002/wrna.1418 For further resources related to this article, please visit the WIREs website.
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