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Alternative Splicing: Cell-type-specific and Developmental Control

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Juan Valcárcel,

Juan Valcárcel

ICREA and Centre de Regulació Genòmica, Barcelona, Spain

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Christopher WJ Smith,

Christopher WJ Smith

University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

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Juan Valcárcel,

Juan Valcárcel

ICREA and Centre de Regulació Genòmica, Barcelona, Spain

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Christopher WJ Smith,

Christopher WJ Smith

University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

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First published: 27 January 2006

https://doi.org/10.1038/npg.els.0003835

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Abstract

Alternative splicing is a process that allows individual genes to produce multiple functionally distinct protein isoforms. The production of alternatively spliced isoforms is usually controlled in a cell type or developmentally regulated manner.

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