Year of Award:
2000
Status:
Complete
Award Type:
R21
Project Number:
CA088351
RFA Number:
PAR-99-100
Technology Track:
Molecular & Cellular Analysis Technologies
PI/Project Leader:
FU, XIANG-DONG
Other PI or Project Leader:
N/A
Institution:
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO
External Link:
http://projectreporter.nih.gov/project_info_details.cfm?aid=6200146
Messenger RNA precursors are often processed through alternative splicing into multiple mRNA isoforms, which in many cases encode proteins with distinct functions. It is estimated that as many as 30 percent of genes in humans exhibit alternative splicing