The association of nonsense codons with exon skipping.

doi:10.1016/s1383-5742(98)00010-6

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The association of nonsense codons with exon skipping.

Mutation research - 1 Sept 1998

Valentine C R

Abstract excerpt

Some genes that contain premature nonsense codons express alternatively-spliced mRNA that has skipped the exon containing the nonsense codon. This paradoxical association of translation signals (nonsense codons) and RNA splicing has inspired numerous explanations. The first is based on the fact t...

Topics

Animals
Cell Nucleus
Codon, Nonsense
Codon, Terminator
Exons
Humans
Mutation
RNA Splicing
RNA, Messenger
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction

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