The polyadenylation code: A unified model for the regulation of mRNA alternative polyadenylation

Journal of Zhejiang University: Science B

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 429-437

  Davis, Ryan ^a   Shi, Yongsheng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative polyadenylation (APA); mRNA; Polyadenylation site (PAS)

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; MESSENGER RNA; MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; RNA ISOFORM;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ALTERNATIVE POLYADENYLATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CPG ISLAND; DNA DAMAGE; DNA METHYLATION; EUKARYOTE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HUMAN; MAMMAL; MODEL; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; OCULOPHARYNGEAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; PATHOGENESIS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; POLYADENYLATION; POLYADENYLATION SITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTO ONCOGENE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SEQUENCE; SOMATIC CELL; SURVIVAL; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC CODE; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; POLYADENYLATION; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84901242211     PISSN: 16731581     EISSN: 18621783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1631/jzus.B1400076     Document Type: Review

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