Modulation of exon skipping by high-affinity hnRNP A1-binding sites and by intron elements that repress splice site utilization

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1939-1952

  Blanchette, Marco ^a   Chabot, Benoit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; RNA binding proteins; Splice site selection; UP1

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; RNA PRECURSOR;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA CONFORMATION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033119060     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.7.1939     Document Type: Article

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