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Metabolism > RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional > RNA Splicing > Alternative Splicing
Chemical Phenomena > Biochemical Phenomena > RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional > RNA Splicing > Alternative Splicing
Genetic Phenomena > Gene Expression Regulation > RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional > RNA Splicing > Alternative Splicing

Preferred term

Alternative Splicing  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Alternate Splicing
  • Alternate Splicings
  • Alternative RNA Splicing
  • Alternative RNA Splicings
  • RNA Splicing, Alternative
  • RNA Splicings, Alternative
  • Splicing, Alternate
  • Splicing, Alternative
  • Splicing, Alternative RNA
  • Splicings, Alternate
  • Splicings, Alternative RNA

Note

  • for NESTED TRANSCRIPTS also index the RNA; do not confuse with NESTED GENES; for nested primers use NESTED PCR; (POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION)

Scope note

  • A process whereby multiple RNA transcripts are generated from a single gene. Alternative splicing involves the splicing together of other possible sets of EXONS during the processing of some, but not all, transcripts of the gene. Thus a particular exon may be connected to any one of several alternative exons to form a mature RNA. The alternative forms of mature MESSENGER RNA produce PROTEIN ISOFORMS in which one part of the isoforms is common while the other parts are different.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D017398

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