Splicing regulation: From a parts list of regulatory elements to an integrated splicing code

RNA

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 802-813

  Wang, Zefeng ^a   Burge, Christopher B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Context dependence; Pre mRNA splicing; Splicing code; Splicing factor; Splicing regulation

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; TAU PROTEIN; RNA PRECURSOR;

ALGORITHM; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DROSOPHILA; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEOMICS; RETROVIRUS; REVIEW; RNA SPLICING; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATION; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; REGULATOR GENE; SILENCER ELEMENT;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); EXONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REGULATOR; HUMANS; INTRONS; MODELS, GENETIC; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA SPLICING; SILENCER ELEMENTS, TRANSCRIPTIONAL;

EID: 42449098125     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.876308     Document Type: Review

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