title: Alternative splicing: a pivotal step between eukaryotic transcription and translation.
abstract: Alternative splicing was discovered simultaneously with splicing over three decades ago. Since then, an enormous body of evidence has demonstrated the prevalence of alternative splicing in multicellular eukaryotes, its key roles in determining tissue- and species-specific differentiation patterns, the multiple post- and co-transcriptional regulatory mechanisms that control it, and its causal role in hereditary disease and cancer. The emerging evidence places alternative splicing in a central position in the flow of eukaryotic genetic information, between transcription and translation, in that it can respond not only to various signalling pathways that target the splicing machinery but also to transcription factors and chromatin structure.
authors: Departamento de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Celular e Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, C1428EHA Buenos Aires, Argentina. ark@fbmc.fcen.uba.ar
authors: Alberto R
authors: AR
authors: Kornblihtt
authors: Ignacio E
authors: IE
authors: Schor
authors: Mariano
authors: M
authors: Alló
authors: Gwendal
authors: G
authors: Dujardin
authors: Ezequiel
authors: E
authors: Petrillo
authors: Manuel J
authors: MJ
authors: Muñoz
mesh_terms: D017398:Alternative Splicing; D000818:Animals; D002843:Chromatin / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D056890:Eukaryota / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D012322:RNA Precursors / Q000235:genetics; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000235:genetics; D017381:Spliceosomes / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D002843:Chromatin; D012322:RNA Precursors; D014157:Transcription Factors
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