WHY DO GENES HAVE INTRONS

被引：29
作者：
DIBB, NJ
机构：
[1] Department of Haematology, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London, W12 ONN, Du Cane Road
来源：
FEBS LETTERS | 1993年 / 325卷 / 1-2期
基金：
英国医学研究理事会;
关键词：
INTRON ORIGIN; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; EVOLUTION;
D O I：
10.1016/0014-5793(93)81429-4
中图分类号：
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号：
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要：
This review outlines some of the models that have been proposed to explain why genes have introns and then explores the possibility that alternative splicing might be the cause rather than a consequence of split genes.
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页码：135 / 139
页数：5
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