Alternative splicing of pre-mRNA: Developmental consequences and mechanisms of regulation

Annual Review of Genetics

Volumn 32, Issue , 1998, Pages 279-305

  Lopez, A Javier ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Doublesex; PTB; Sex lethal; SR proteins; U2AF

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR;

DROSOPHILA; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA SPLICING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RNA PRECURSORS; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0032435862     PISSN: 00664197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.genet.32.1.279     Document Type: Review

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