Manuel Irimia @mirimiam.bsky.social · 30/12/2024Microexons display striking conservation and switch-like regulation in neurons by the splicing factors Srrm3 and Srrm4. Consequently, disruption of these regulators leads to severe neurological phenotypes in mice, and their misregulation is linked to human disease. 2/9 100
Manuel Irimia @mirimiam.bsky.social · 30/12/2024However, the specific microexons behind these phenotypes and the effects of individual microexon deletions on neurodevelopment, physiology, and behavior remain poorly understood. 3/9 100
Manuel Irimia @mirimiam.bsky.social · 30/12/2024To tackle this major open question, common to other tissue-specific splicing regulators, we generated CRISPR-Cas9 deletion mutants in zebrafish for 18 conserved neural-specific microexons regulated by srrm3/4, as well for srrm3 and srrm4. 4/9 100