Context-dependent splicing regulation: Exon definition, co-occurring motif pairs and tissue specificity

RNA Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 384-388

  Ke, Shengdong ^a   Chasin, Lawrence A ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Co occuring pair; Exon definition; Splicing motif; Tissue specificity

Indexed keywords

CD45 ANTIGEN;

EXON; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; INTRON; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; RNA SPLICING; STRUCTURAL PROTEOMICS; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79956070896     PISSN: 15476286     EISSN: 15558584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/rna.8.3.14458     Document Type: Review

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