The origins and implications of Aluternative splicing

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-4

  Kreahling, Jenny ^a   Graveley, Brenton R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ALU SEQUENCE; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0346157327     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2003.11.001     Document Type: Short Survey

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