A Simpler Explanation to BAK1 Gene Variation in Aortic and Blood Tissues

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2009-09-12

arxiv.org/abs/0909.2321v1

Biology

Quantitative Biology

Genomics

2 pages

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The explanation is that in aortic tissue (both diseased and nondiseased) a BAK1 pseudogene is expressed; while in the matching blood samples the actual BAK1 gene is expressed. This explanation was reached after we realized that BAK1 has two edited copies in human genome. These copies are probably BAK1 pseudogenes. One copy belongs to chromosome 11 (NG_005599.3) and the other to chromosome 20 (NC_000850.5). The first copy has frameshifts which means that probably it does not express any functional protein; by other hand, the chromosome 20 copy has no frameshifts and what is more important contains all the reported polymorphisms.

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