Alternative splicing takes shape during neuronal development

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 388-394

  Grabowski, Paula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; MICRORNA 124; POLYPYRIMIDINE TRACT BINDING PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SHAPE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXON; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; RIBOSWITCH;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 79960903405     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: 18790380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2011.03.005     Document Type: Review

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