Small segments of genes called "microexons" influence how proteins interact with each other in the nervous system, researchers at the University of Toronto have found, opening up a new line of research into the cause of autism. The researchers found that microexons are used in neurons by alternative splicing, a process in which a single gene can produce many different proteins. Microexons are pasted -- or spliced -- into gene messengers (mRNAs) to generate forms ...
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