Human intronless genes: Functional groups, associated diseases, evolution, and mRNA processing in absence of splicing

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 424, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-6

  Grzybowska, Ewa A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Human; Intronless genes; MRNA processing

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA INTERFERON; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR; BETA1 INTERFERON; CENTROMERE PROTEIN B; CETN1 PROTEIN; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FRIZZLED PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN B3; HISTONE H2A; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; NAP1L2 PROTEIN; NAP1L3 PROTEIN; NAP1L5 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOGENESIS; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; CYTOPLASM; EXON; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; INTRON; INTRONLESS GENE; LONG INTERSPERSED REPEAT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTO ONCOGENE; REPORTER GENE; RETROPOSON; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SPLICING; SEX CHROMOSOME; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL NUCLEUS; DISEASE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; INTRONS; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, MESSENGER;

PROTISTA;

EID: 84864086201     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2012.06.092     Document Type: Short Survey

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