Multiple alignment using simulated annealing: branch point definition in human mRNA splicing.
AUTOR(ES)
Lukashin, A V
RESUMO
A method for the simultaneous alignment of a very large number of sequences using simulated annealing is presented. The total running time of the algorithm does not depend explicitly on the number of sequences treated. The method has been used for the simultaneous alignment of 1462 human intron sequences upstream of the intron-exon boundary. The consensus sequence of the aligned set together with a calculation of the Shannon information clearly shows that several sequence motives are conserved: (i) a previously undetected guanosine rich region, (ii) the branch point and (iii) the polypyrimidine tract. The nucleotide frequencies at each position of the branch point consensus sequence qualitatively reproduce the frequencies of the experimentally determined branch points.
ACESSO AO ARTIGO
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