1) Go to UCSC’s Genome Browser and search
for “syntrophin”.
How many syntrophin genes
do humans have?
2) Click on the link for “(NM_009228)
syntrophin, acidic 1”, change the view to hide all except Known genes
in full view, and all the different species “Net” views in
dense, then refresh. Human syntrophin is abbreviated SNTA1.
Is this gene’s structure (combination of exons and introns) highly
conserved? Is it missing from any species?
3) Explain the significance of the conservation in the non-coding regions.
4) You may also be interested in comparing the interface presented by the European version called Ensembl.
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