Alternative trans-splicing: A novel mode of pre-mRNA processing

Biology of the Cell

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 135-140

  Horiuchi, Takayuki ^a   Aigaki, Toshiro ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

mRNA; Pre mRNA processing; Splicing; Trans splicing

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; CYTOCHROME P450 3A4; CYTOCHROME P450 3A5; CYTOCHROME P450 3A7; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID COENZYME A LIGASE; MESSENGER RNA; MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR; RGS PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE II;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHIMERA; DROSOPHILA; EXON; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; RNA PROCESSING; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; EXONS; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 32544451144     PISSN: 02484900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BC20050002     Document Type: Review

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