title: A catalogue of splice junction sequences.
abstract: Splice junction sequences from a large number of nuclear and viral genes encoding protein have been collected. The sequence CAAG/GTAGAGT was found to be a consensus of 139 exon-intron boundaries (or donor sequences) and (TC)nNCTAG/G was found to be a consensus of 130 intron-exon boundaries (or acceptor sequences). The possible role of splice junction sequences as signals for processing is discussed.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D005796:Genes; D005814:Genes, Viral; D006801:Humans; D012326:RNA Splicing; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D013045:Species Specificity