The splicing regulatory element, UGCAUG, is phylogenetically and spatially conserved in introns that flank tissue-specific alternative exons

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 714-724

  Minovitsky, Simon ^a   Gee, Sherry L ^a   Schokrpur, Shiruyeh ^a   Dubchak, Inna ^a   Conboy, John G ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN FOX 1; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL TYPE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ENHANCER REGION; EXON; FISH; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE NUMBER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; INTRON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUFFER FISH; RAT; REGULATORY RNA SEQUENCE; RNA SPLICING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; UGCAUG ELEMENT; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TETRAODONTIFORMES; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA; TETRAODONTIDAE;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; CHICKENS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DOGS; EXONS; HUMANS; INTRONS; MICE; PHYLOGENY; RATS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, RIBONUCLEIC ACID; TETRAODONTIFORMES; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 13844314248     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gki210     Document Type: Article

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