An extended inhibitory context causes skipping of exon 7 of SMN2 in spinal muscular atrophy

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 315, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 381-388

  Singh, Natalia N ^a   Androphy, Elliot J ^a   Singh, Ravindra N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative pre mRNA splicing; Exon 7; Exonic splicing enhancer; SMN genes; Spinal muscular atrophy

Indexed keywords

HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; SURVIVAL MOTOR NEURON PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY;

EID: 0842289003     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.01.067     Document Type: Article

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