Abstract
Analysis of genomes has revealed that the total number of human genes is comparable to those of simpler organisms, and thus, the number of genes does not correlate with the complexity and functional diversity of different organisms. Multiple mechanisms, including alternative splicing, are believed to contribute to the molecular complexity in higher eukaryotes. Given the fact that more than half of human genes undergo alternative splicing, however, little is known about the biological relevance of most alternative splicing events and their regulatory mechanisms. Recent work has highlighted the power of reverse genetic approaches in addressing regulated splicing in animal models. Here, we focus on the conditional knockout approach adapted for splicing research with the intension to provide a general guide to the generation of mouse models to study regulated splicing in development and disease.
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