RNA G-quadruplex secondary structure promotes alternative splicing via the RNA-binding protein hnRNPF

Genes and Development

Volumn 31, Issue 22, 2017, Pages 2296-2309

  Huang, Huilin ^a   Zhang, Jing ^a,b   Harvey, Samuel E ^a,b   Hu, Xiaohui ^a,b   Cheng, Chonghui ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; EMT; hnRNPF; RNA G quadruplex; Splicing factor

Indexed keywords

GUANINE QUADRUPLEX; HERMES ANTIGEN; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN F; RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN GROUP F H; HYALURONIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; RNA PRECURSOR;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVAL; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; EXON; HEK293-FT CELL LINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; BREAST TUMOR; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MORTALITY; TUMOR INVASION;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL LINE; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; EXONS; FEMALE; G-QUADRUPLEXES; HETEROGENEOUS-NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN GROUP F-H; HUMANS; HYALURONAN RECEPTORS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; RNA; RNA PRECURSORS;

EID: 85039911539     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.305862.117     Document Type: Article

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