ECgene: Genome-based EST clustering and gene modeling for alternative splicing

Genome Research

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 566-576

  Kim, Namshin ^a,b   Shin, Seokmin ^b   Lee, Sanghyuk ^a  

^a Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; EXON; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE CLUSTER; GENE MAPPING; GENE MODELING BY EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG CLUSTERING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ALGORITHM; GENETIC COMPATIBILITY; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC PROCEDURES; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR MODEL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME MAP; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENOME; HUMAN; MOUSE; RAT;

MESSENGER RNA;

ALGORITHMS; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EXONS; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, GENETIC; RATS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 17844407888     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.3030405     Document Type: Article

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