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  • 简介:Wehaveappliedconceptsfrominformationtheoryforacomparativeanalysisofdonor(gt)andacceptor(ag)splicesiteregionsinthegenesoffivedifferentor-ganismsbycalculatingtheirmutualinformationcontent(relativeentropy)overaselectedblockofnucleotides.Asimilarpatternthattheinformationcontentdecreasesastheblocksizeincreaseswasobservedforbothregionsinalltheorgan-ismsstudied.Thisresultsuggeststhattheinformationrequiredforsplicingmightbecontainedintheconsensusof~6-8ntatbothregions.Weassumefromourstudythateventhoughthenucleotidesareshowingsomedegreesofconservationintheflankingregionsofthesplicesites,certainlevelofvariabilityisstilltolerated,whichleadsthesplicingprocesstooccurnormallyeveniftheextentofbasepairingisnotfullysatisfied.Wealsosuggestthatthisvariabilitycanbecompensatedbyrecognizingdifferentsplicesiteswithdifferentspliceosomalfactors.

  • 标签: 剪接位点区 比较分析 信息含量 相对熵 核酸