Alternative splicing in development and function of chordate endocrine systems: A focus on pax genes

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 22-34

  Holland, Linda Z ^a   Short, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOPROTEIN; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; RNA PRECURSOR;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL; CHORDATA; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; CHORDATA; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RNA PRECURSORS;

EID: 77954914737     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icq048     Document Type: Conference Paper

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