The iStem, a long-range RNA secondary structure element required for efficient exon inclusion in the Drosophila Dscam pre-mRNA

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 10251-10260

  Kreahling, Jenny M ^a   Graveley, Brenton R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA DSCAM GENE; EXON; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC CONSERVATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHYLOGENY; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA SPLICING; RNA, MESSENGER;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 27944461704     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.25.23.10251-10260.2005     Document Type: Article

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