The human ortholog of the rodent testis-specific ABC transporter Abca17 is a ubiquitously expressed pseudogene (ABCA17P) and shares a common 5' end with ABCA3

Table 1 Exon-intron boundaries of the human ABCA17P gene.

Exon	Exon size (bp)	5' splice site	3' splice site	Intron size (kb)
1b	n.d.		CAGAATGGTGgtaagtcact	21.8
1a	452		CCCCAGCCGGgtaggagtca	19.7
2	85	tcctgactagTGATGAGCCC	CTTAAAGTTGgtatggttat	4.5
3	128	ctctctgtagTTTTAGGCTG	GCCACTTGCGgtaagaacat	1.2
4	163	ttcttcatagGTTAAGTATC	GGAAGTCCTGgtgagaaagc	3.2
5	260	tttctcatagGATACAACAA	AAGACTGAAGgtaaccccag	3.4
6	117	ctttctctagGATTACCTGT	CTGCACAGAGgtacatatct	5.4
7	154	ttggttctagGTCTTATTCC	CTATGGTCAGgtgagtcgat	6.5
8	153	gtcgttgcagCTGAAGGGCC	AGGCTCCAAGgtgcggcggt	9.6
9	99	ttccttccagGTTTGAATCT	TCTTCATAAGgtaagcacgt	8.1
10	145	atgttggcagATGCCAGTAC	AAACACTGGGgtaaataact	2.4
11	307	tttattgtagTTCAGTCTTC	GAGGTCCTAGgtaagtatgt	3.3
12	324	tcccttctagGTTCTGTAGA	TCCTGTATCAgtatgtgtga	0.2
13	205	tcttttacagGGAACCTAAA	GCTGCTGGTGgtgagtgctg	11.8
14	188	tctgacccagGTATGGCGGT	AGACCTACAGgtgagatctg	1.8
15	190	ctctccccagCATGGAGGAG	ACCTTTCCAGgtgtgtgccg	0.2
16	110	cttcgtgcagGCAGCGTTCT	ACTTTCTGGGgtaactctgt	0.5
17	1141	ctcccctcagGTGTTTGGCA

ISSN: 1471-2199