Bioinformatics of alternative splicing and its regulation

Briefings in Bioinformatics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 55-69

  Florea, Liliana D ^a  

^a George Washington University   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Gene indices; Genome based clustering; Splice graph; Splicing enhancers; Splicing silencers

Indexed keywords

RNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUKARYOTE; EXON; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN GENOME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; INTRON; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PATHOGENESIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 33748770921     PISSN: 14675463     EISSN: 14774054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bib/bbk005     Document Type: Article

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