The RNA-binding profile of Acinus, a peripheral component of the exon junction complex, reveals its role in splicing regulation

RNA

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1411-1426

  Rodor, Julie ^a,e   Pan, Qun ^b   Blencowe, Benjamin J ^b   Eyras, Eduardo ^c,d   Caceres, Javier F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Exon junction complex; Pre mRNA splicing; RNA binding proteins; RNA protein interactions

Indexed keywords

ACINUS PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACIN1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CELL FUNCTION; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ENHANCER REGION; EXON; EXON JUNCTION COMPLEX; FEMALE; GENE CASSETTE; GENE EXPRESSION; HELA CELL LINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; INTRON; INTRON RETENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA SPLICING; CELL CYCLE; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; CELL CYCLE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84983238983     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.057158.116     Document Type: Article

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