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From: Computational extraction of a neural molecular network through alternative splicing

Figure 2

Graphical representations of the relationship of probesets sequences to protein domains. (A) Comprehensively obtained signals were originally annotated as probeset sequences. All probeset sequences of the 262 DAS exons were manually examined to determine whether these sequences were protein coding regions or untranslated regions (UTR). Each alternative exon sequence was determined based on the annotated Refseq, mRNAs and ESTs in genome viewer. Among the 262 determined exon sequences, approximately half of them are protein-coding exons (3rd bar, blue). Approximately 40% of the exons sequences contained both protein coding region and UTR (3rd bar, green). Only 26 exons comprised UTR without coding region (3rd bar, violet). Ultimately, 241 DAS exons were predicted to affect amino acid sequences (protein sequences). Moreover, 128 DAS exons were predicted to affect protein domain(s). Finally, 49 genes (54 probeset seqs, including five probeset seqs that indicated the same exons and/or domains) were extracted whose representative function was predicted to be affected by alternative splicing. Grey color indicates the not-determined exons. (B) The relationship between length of the altered protein sequences and domains are shown. A dot indicates an exon that changed a protein domain(s). A triangle indicates an exon that did not change a domain. A cross indicates an exon that did not change the protein sequence. DAS exons that are regulated by alternative promoters or polyadenylation may affect longer amino acid sequences with a high occupancy rate, and are likely to more frequently affect protein domain(s), as observed in upper-right area of the panel. Meanwhile, it is predicted that some short alternative exons also are able to change protein domains.

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