Alternative Splicing in the Mammalian Nervous System: Recent Insights into Mechanisms and Functional Roles

Neuron

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 14-27

  Raj, Bushra ^a   Blencowe, Benjamin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; CADHERIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NEUREXIN; PROTEIN DSCAM1; PROTEIN PTBP1; PROTEIN PTBP2; PROTEIN RBFOX; PROTOCADHERIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; SR RELATED PROTEIN 100; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MESSENGER RNA;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; CELLS BY BODY ANATOMY; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; INTRON; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; ANIMAL; BRAIN; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NERVE CELL;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HUMANS; MICE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 84937405196     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: 10974199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2015.05.004     Document Type: Review

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