News tagged with splice site

Scientists clarify editing error underlying genetic neurodegenerative disease

Two molecular biologists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory have uncovered important new details about how a gene mutation causes a cellular editing error that results in a devastating disease called pontocerebellar hypoplasia ...

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Jan 28, 2009 | 5 / 5 (3) | 0

Researchers find mechanism underlying alt. splicing of premessenger RNA into messenger RNA

An international research team led by Tim Nilsen, Ph.D., a professor of medicine and biochemistry and the director of the School of Medicine's Center for RNA Molecular Biology, has discovered an unexpected mechanism governing ...

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Dec 24, 2008 | 5 / 5 (2) | 1