Promiscuous mRNA splicing under the control of AIRE in medullary thymic epithelial cells

Bioinformatics

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 986-990

  Keane, Peter ^a   Ceredig, Rhodri ^a   Seoighe, Cathal ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOIMMUNE REGULATOR PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; RNA SPLICING; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; MICE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RNA SPLICING; RNA, MESSENGER; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84929144058     PISSN: 13674803     EISSN: 14602059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btu785     Document Type: Article

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