Regulated functional alternative splicing in Drosophila

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-10

  Venables, Julian P ^a   Tazi, Jamal ^a   Juge, François ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DROSOPHILA; GENE PRODUCT; GERM CELL; METAZOON; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DROSOPHILA; MUSCLES; SEX FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; METAZOA;

EID: 84855274276     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkr648     Document Type: Article

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