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. 2006 Sep 8;34(16):4630–4641. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkl535

Table 1.

Summary of aberrant 3′ss

Location of cryptic or de novo 3′ss
Exon Intron Both



Mutation in 3′YAG (cryptic) Mutation outside 3′YAG (‘de novo’) Mutation in 3′YAG (cryptic) Mutation outside 3′YAG (‘de novo’) All mutations
Number of genes 54 25 23 56 131
Number of cryptic and de novo 3′ ss (per cent) 88 (39) 32 (14) 29 (13) 78 (34) 227 (100)
Number of unique 3′ss (per cent) 83 (38) 29 (13) 28 (13) 78 (36) 218 (100)
Number of aberrant 3′ss affecting terminal exons (per cent) 11 (13) 4 (14) 8 (29) 4 (5) 27 (12)
Median distance (nucleotide) between authentic and aberrant 3′ss 12 55 −44 −14 1
Change in the reading frame for unique aberrant 3′ss
    0 29 10 8 27 74
    +1 38 7 13 26 84
    +2 21 15 8 25 69