Introns and gene expression: Cellular constraints, transcriptional regulation, and evolutionary consequences

BioEssays

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 148-154

  Heyn, Patricia ^a   Kalinka, Alex T ^b   Tomancak, Pavel ^c   Neugebauer, Karla M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Vetmeduni Vienna   (Austria)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell cycle constraints; Gene length; Macro evolutionary patterns; Splicing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CELL FUNCTION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTRON; INTRON RETENTION; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PHYLOGENY; RNA PROCESSING; SPLICING DEFECT; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA SPLICING;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CELL CYCLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; INTRONS; RNA SPLICING;

EID: 84921554067     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: 15211878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.201400138     Document Type: Article

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