Article
The connection between splicing and cancer.
Journal of cell science - 1 Jul 2006
Srebrow Anabella, Kornblihtt Alberto R
Abstract excerpt
Alternative splicing is a crucial mechanism for generating protein diversity. Different splice variants of a given protein can display different and even antagonistic biological functions. Therefore, appropriate control of their synthesis is required to assure the complex orchestration of cellular processes within multicellular organisms. Mutations in cis-acting splicing elements or changes in the activity of...
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