AspAlt: A tool for inter-database, inter-genomic and user-specific comparative analysis of alternative transcription and alternative splicing in 46 eukaryotes

Genomics

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 48-54

  Bhasi, Ashwini ^a   Philip, Philge ^b   Sreedharan, Vipin T ^b   Senapathy, Periannan ^a  

^a Genome International Corporation   (United States)

^b International Center for Advanced Genomics and Proteomics   (India)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Alternative transcription; Comparative analysis; Comparative genomics; Gene expression; Homologs; mRNA isoforms; Transcription initiation; Transcription termination

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE GENE MAPPING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EUKARYOTE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERNET; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; INTERNET; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOFTWARE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 67349209837     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: 10898646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2009.02.006     Document Type: Article

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