Gene expression, intron density, and splice site strength in Drosophila and Caenorhabditis

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 349-357

  Fahey, Marie E ^a   Higgins, Desmond G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Gene expression; Intron content; Intron density; mRNA splice sites

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION; INTRON; NONHUMAN; RNA SPLICING;

ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION; INTRONS; RNA SPLICE SITES;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 35248901812     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-007-9015-y     Document Type: Article

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