The alternative role of DNA methylation in splicing regulation

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 274-280

  Lev Maor, Galit ^a   Yearim, Ahuvi ^a   Ast, Gil ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Chromatin organization; CpG; DNA methylation; Histone modifications; Nucleosome positioning; Transcription

Indexed keywords

HETEROCHROMATIN PROTEIN 1; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CTCF; CCCTC-BINDING FACTOR; HETEROCHROMATIN-SPECIFIC NONHISTONE CHROMOSOMAL PROTEIN HP-1; NONHISTONE PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CPG ISLAND; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA METHYLATION; EXON; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC REGULATION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; INTRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; RNA SPLICING;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; DNA METHYLATION; EXONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA SPLICING;

EID: 84928761297     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: 13624555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2015.03.002     Document Type: Review

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