Human transcripts with long introns can undergo recursive splicing (RS) - a stepwise splicing mechanism that efficiently and seamlessly removes long intronic sequences by converting them into smaller segments. |
Deep intronic variants that disrupt RS could alter splicing, leading to intronic retentions with/without frameshifts and premature stops, thus resulting in deleterious and potentially pathogenic gene products, contributing to human diseases and traits. |
DIVERS is a genome-wide computational method to systematically detect and interpret deep intronic variants that may impact RS. DIVERS currently identifies five types of RS-variants: "RS-AGGT", "RS-BP/BP2", "RS-AGAIN", "RS-DW5SS", and "CRYPRS". |
Reference: Zhang P. et al. Genome-wide detection of human deep intronic variants that affect recursive splicing. 2025. |