Computational analysis of full-length cDNAs reveals frequent coupling between transcriptional and splicing programs

DNA Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 63-72

  Chern, Tzu Ming ^a   Paul, Nicodeme ^a   Van Nimwegen, Erik ^a   Zavolan, Mihaela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Transcription initiation

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EXONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MICE; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 48049107160     PISSN: 13402838     EISSN: 17561663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/dnares/dsm036     Document Type: Article

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