Identification of tumor-associated cassette exons in human cancer through EST-based computational prediction and experimental validation

Molecular Cancer

Volumn 9, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Valletti, Alessio ^a   Anselmo, Anna ^b   Mangiulli, Marina ^a   Boria, Ilenia ^a   Mignone, Flavio ^b   Merla, Giuseppe ^c   D'Angelo, Vincenzo ^c   Tullo, Apollonia ^d   Sbisà, Elisabetta ^d   D'Erchia, Anna M ^a   Pesole, Graziano ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTININ ALPHA 1; CATENIN; CITRATE SYNTHASE; DYNACTIN 1; FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE ISOENZYME; GELSOLIN; GENE PRODUCT; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN BINDING PROTEIN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA C ANTIGEN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE ISOENZYME 5; LAMIN A; LAMIN C; MEVALONATE KINASE; NEURENSIN 2; PROTEIN KINASE C ZETA; PROTEIN O MANNOSYLTRANSFERASE 1; PYRUVATE KINASE MUSCLE 2; RABPHILIN 3A; RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S24; RNA BINDING PROTEIN EWS; SELENIUM BINDING PROTEIN 1; TROPOMYOSIN 3; TRYPTOPHAN TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; TUMOR MARKER; TUMOR PROTEIN D52 LIKE 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN 655;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE CASSETTE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRON; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VALIDATION PROCESS; BIOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN GENOME; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77956492769     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14764598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-4598-9-230     Document Type: Article

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