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Evaluation of a novel short polyadenylation signal as an alternative to the SV40 polyadenylation signal.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  16472858     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The soluble neuropilin-1 (sNRP-1) gene employs an extremely short dual function polyadenylation (pA) signal/stop codon that is efficient for termination of gene transcription and translation in vivo. However, the functionality and usefulness of this signal in regard to other genes is unknown. This quantitative study compares the levels of humanized Renilla green fluorescent protein (hrGFP) mRNA polyadenylated with either the sNRP-1 pA signal or the much larger, more widely used SV40 pA signal. We show that the overall starting copy number of hrGFP for equally loaded RNAs is equivalent between the two groups. Our data show little to no difference between levels of mRNA generated by the sNRP-1 polyadenylation signal and the SV40 polyadenylation signal despite a remarkable size difference in signal length. An extremely short polyadenylation signal could potentially alleviate gene insert size restrictions associated with cloning or with therapeutic vectors such as adeno-associated virus.
Authors:
Trevor J McFarland; Yi Zhang; La-ongsri Atchaneeyaskul; Peter Francis; J Timothy Stout; Binoy Appukuttan
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2006-02-10
Journal Detail:
Title:  Plasmid     Volume:  56     ISSN:  0147-619X     ISO Abbreviation:  Plasmid     Publication Date:  2006 Jul 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2006-05-22     Completed Date:  2006-07-31     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7802221     Medline TA:  Plasmid     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  62-7     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Casey Eye Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, 3375 SW Terwilliger Blvd, Portland, 97239-4197, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Base Sequence
Cloning, Molecular
Codon, Terminator
Dependovirus / genetics
Exons
Genome
Green Fluorescent Proteins / metabolism
Humans
Introns
Molecular Sequence Data
Neuropilin-1 / genetics*
Oligopeptides / genetics*
Polyadenylation*
Protein Isoforms
RNA, Messenger / metabolism
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Codon, Terminator; 0/Oligopeptides; 0/Protein Isoforms; 0/RNA, Messenger; 0/SV40 nuclear localization peptide; 144713-63-3/Neuropilin-1; 147336-22-9/Green Fluorescent Proteins

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