RNA sequencing: From tag-based profiling to resolving complete transcript structure

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 3537-3551

  De Klerk, Eleonora ^a   Den Dunnen, Johan T ^a   'T Hoen, Peter A C ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Methods; RNA processing; RNA sequencing; Transcription regulation; Transcriptome; Translation regulation

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTOME;

3' END SEQUENCING; 5' END SEQUENCING; FULL LENGTH SEQUENCING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; POLYADENYLATION; REVIEW; RIBOSOME PROFILING; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA TRANSLATION; SHOTGUN SEQUENCING; TAG BASED PROFILING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; RIBOSOMES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84906940411     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 14209071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-014-1637-9     Document Type: Review

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