Heterogeneity in mammalian RNA 3′ end formation

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 316, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1357-1364

  Neilson, Joel R ^a   Sandberg, Rickard ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; Genomics; Post transcriptional; RNA Processing; Untranslated Regions

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MAMMALIAN GENETICS; NONHUMAN; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SPLICING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; ANIMAL; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; POLYADENYLATION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 77952576233     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: 10902422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2010.02.040     Document Type: Review

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