Fig. 1 Exon 3 is alternatively spliced in zebrafish gabrr2b. (A) Schematic illustrating the location of FWD and REV PCR primers relative to GABAA receptor subunit ρ2b gene gabrr2b exon 3. (B) RT-PCR was performed on RNA extracted from ∼40 larvae from a single clutch of eggs. Agarose gel of PCR product shows two amplicons from gabrr2b amplification with primers flanking exon 3. (C) Sequence alignment of the two products gel-extracted from (B) reveal a novel isoform of ρ2b missing exon 3 (Δe3). (D, E) Translation of exons 1–5 of transcripts containing exon 3 (+e3; D), and missing exon 3 (Δe3; E). Comparison of the two amino acid sequences reveals a frameshift and PTC in exon 4 of Δe3-gabrr2b transcripts. Arrow highlights exon–exon junction 186 nt downstream of PTC. (F) Schematic representing AS outcomes. AS, alternative splicing; FWD, forward; PTC, premature termination codon; REV, reverse; RT-PCR, reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction.
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