Alternative Splicing Mechanisms for the Modulation of Protein Function: Conservation between Human and Other Species

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 335, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 495-502

  Valenzuela, Abel ^a   Talavera, David ^a,b   Orozco, Modesto ^a,b   De La Cruz, Xavier ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN BIOMEDICINE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Gene structure; Organism's complexity; Protein function; Protein structure

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0346996694     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2003.10.061     Document Type: Article

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