Noisy splicing drives mRNA isoform diversity in human cells

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1-11

  Pickrell, Joseph K ^a   Pai, Athma A ^a   Gilad, Yoav ^a   Pritchard, Jonathan K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ACCURACY; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE MAP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PROTEIN MOTIF; RNA SEQUENCE; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; INTRON; METABOLISM; RNA SPLICING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; CELL LINE; EXONS; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; INTRONS; RNA SPLICE SITES; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA;

EID: 78650689920     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1001236     Document Type: Article

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