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This is Steve Mount's web page for gene annotation and splice site selection. The page was inspired by my review article in the American Journal of Human Genetics (PubMed; Journal)

I provide links on gene annotation (including cDNA alignment), genefinding, splicing signals (including splice site prediction), and specific comments on splice site consensus, ESEs and microexons. These pages, collectively accessible as www.RNAinfo.org, are a bit out of date right now (April, 2005) but under active revision.

Microexons

A list of selected documented microexons is available. Very small exons, or microexons, pose special problems for gene annotation. They are difficult to recognize using computational genefinding methods, and can even confound the alignment of cDNA and genomic sequences. Furthermore, because microexons are very often the site of alternative splicing, an understanding of how they are recognized (and regulated) is key to understanding gene expression.
References to genes with very small exons:

A conserved 9 nt. exon in invertase described by Simpson et al. 2000. Requirements for mini-exon inclusion in potato invertase mRNAs provides evidence for exon-scanning interactions in plants. RNA 6:422-433.