Circular dystrophin RNAs consisting of exons that were skipped by alternative splicing

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 493-500

  Surono, Agus ^a   Takeshima, Yasuhiro ^a   Wibawa, Tri ^a   Ikezawa, Makoto ^b   Nonaka, Ikuya ^b   Matsuo, Masafumi ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYSTROPHIN; RNA;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; EXON; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA STRUCTURE;

EID: 0032976697     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/8.3.493     Document Type: Article

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