Article
Alternate exon usage is a commonly used mechanism for increasing coding diversity within genes coding for extracellular matrix proteins.
Matrix (Stuttgart, Germany) - 1 Nov 1993
Boyd C D, Pierce R A, Schwarzbauer J E, Doege K, Sandell L J
Abstract excerpt
Extracellular matrix proteins are a diverse family of secreted proteins and glycoproteins that are responsible for a variety of critical functions in different tissues. A large number of multiexon genes encode these proteins of the extracellular matrix. Over the last few years, it has become evid...
Topics
- Alternative Splicing
- Animals
- Collagen
- Exons
- Extracellular Matrix Proteins
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Proteoglycans
- RNA Precursors
- RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional
- Tropoelastin
- Vertebrates