Efficient use of a 'dead-end' GA 5′ splice site in the human fibroblast growth factor receptor genes

EMBO Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1620-1631

  Brackenridge, Simon ^a   Wilkie, Andrew O M ^b   Screaton, Gavin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Fibroblast growth factor receptor; Intron sequence element; Non consensus 5 splice site

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; DNA; EXONS; HUMANS; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; RECEPTORS, FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN, U1 SMALL NUCLEAR; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN, U4-U6 SMALL NUCLEAR; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0344672939     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdg163     Document Type: Article

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