A general definition and nomenclature for alternative splicing events

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Sammeth, Michael ^a   Foissac, Sylvain ^a   Guigó, Roderic ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR GENOMIC REGULATION CRG   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS);

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; CELL-BE; CELL/B.E; CELL/BE; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; MOLECULAR MECHANISM; NOTATION SYSTEMS; RELATIVE POSITIONS; RNA SEQUENCES; TRANSCRIPTOMES;

TERMINOLOGY;

TRANSCRIPTOME;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NOMENCLATURE; RNA SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BEE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CATTLE; CHICKEN; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOG; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; PAN TROGLODYTES; RAT; RNA SPLICING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; XENOPUS; ZEBRA FISH;

EUKARYOTA; METAZOA;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; BEES; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CATTLE; CHICKENS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATABASES, GENETIC; DOGS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOMICS; HUMANS; MICE; PAN TROGLODYTES; RATS; RNA SPLICE SITES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SOFTWARE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; XENOPUS; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 50949105626     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000147     Document Type: Article

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