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[Alternative splicing--principles, functional consequences and therapeutic implications].
Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift (1946) - 1 Feb 2014
Heyd F
Abstract excerpt
Protein-coding genes in higher eukaryotes are transcribed as pre-mRNA in which the coding regions (exons) are separated by non-coding segments (introns). The exons are connected to form the mature mRNA in a process called splicing. In the case of alternative splicing an exon can be either included or skipped from the mature transcript leading to formation of several mRNAs from a single pre-mRNA. As over 90 % of...
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