Detained introns are a novel, widespread class of post-transcriptionally spliced introns

Genes and Development

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 63-80

  Boutz, Paul L ^a   Bhutkar, Arjun ^a   Sharp, Phillip A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clk kinase; Detained introns; Post transcriptional splicing

Indexed keywords

HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE INHIBITOR; POLYADENYLATED RNA; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE CLK1; PROTEIN MDMX; PROTEIN P53; SERINE ARGININE RICH PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CLK DUAL-SPECIFICITY KINASES; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DNA DAMAGE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENZYME INHIBITION; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MEDIATED MRNA DECAY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SPLICING; UMBILICAL VEIN ENDOTHELIAL CELL; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LIVER; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION;

ANIMALS; DNA DAMAGE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; INTRONS; LIVER; MICE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA SPLICING; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 84920460444     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.247361.114     Document Type: Article

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