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Systematic analysis of alternative first exons in plant genomes.
BMC plant biology - 17 Oct 2007
Chen Wei-Hua, Lv Guanting, Lv Congying, Zeng Changqing, Hu Songnian
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BACKGROUND: Alternative splicing (AS) contributes significantly to protein diversity, by selectively using different combinations of exons of the same gene under certain circumstances. One particular type of AS is the use of alternative first exons (AFEs), which can have consequences far beyond the fine-tuning of protein functions. For example, AFEs may change the N-termini of proteins and thereby direct them to...
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