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ArticleRNA biology

Context-dependent splicing regulation: exon definition, co-occurring motif pairs and tissue specificity.

Shengdong Ke, Lawrence A Chasin

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Article in RNA biology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Shengdong KeDepartment of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Lawrence A Chasin
Columbia University · USNew York Proton Center · US

Funding

Exon recognition during constitutive pre-mRNA splicingR01GM072740 · NIGMS · COLUMBIA UNIV NEW YORK MORNINGSIDE · PI CHASIN, LAWRENCE ALLEN · 2005 to 2013
$3.1M
Exon recognition during constitutive pre-mRNA splicingR56GM072740 · NIGMS · COLUMBIA UNIV NEW YORK MORNINGSIDE · PI CHASIN, LAWRENCE ALLEN · 2009 to 2009
$292k
NIGMS NIH HHS GM072740NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM072740NIGMS NIH HHS R56 GM072740
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Splicing is a crucial process in gene expression in higher organisms because: 1) most vertebrate genes contain introns; and 2) alternative splicing is primarily responsible for increasing proteomic complexity and functional diversity. Intron definition, the coordination across an intron, is a mandatory step in the splicing process. However, exon definition, the coordination across an exon, is also thought to be required for the splicing of most vertebrate exons. Recent investigations of exon definition complexes provide insights into splicing dynamics. That splicing regulators act in a context-dependent mode is supported by a large collection of evidence. Splicing contexts generally can be classified as cis-element and trans-element contexts. A widespread cis-element context is defined by co-occurring motif pairs to which splicing regulatory factors bind to direct specific molecular interactions. Splicing regulation is also coordinated by trans-element contexts as exemplified by tissue specific splicing, where alternative exons can be coordinately regulated by a few splicing factors, the expression and/or activity of which are concertedly higher or lower in the corresponding tissues.

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Alternative SplicingExonsGenomeIntronsOrgan SpecificityProteomics

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PMID21444999
PMCPMC3218509
OpenAlexW1968447565

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