Genome-wide alternative polyadenylation in animals: Insights from high-throughput technologies

Journal of Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 352-361

  Sun, Yu ^a   Fu, Yonggui ^a   Li, Yuxin ^a   Xu, Anlong ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

alternative polyadenylation; gene expression regulation; genome wide profiling technologies

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA POLYMERASE; MESSENGER RNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ALTERNATIVE POLYADENYLATION; BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DIRECT RNA SEQUENCING; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYA CAPTURE; POLYADENYLATION; REVIEW; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCING ALTERNATIVE POLYA SITE;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; GENOME; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; HUMANS; POLYADENYLATION; RNA, MESSENGER;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84871582070     PISSN: 16742788     EISSN: 17594685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmcb/mjs041     Document Type: Review

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