Baralle Francisco E, Giudice Jimena
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), Padriciano 99, Trieste 34149, Italy.
Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, School of Medicine, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol. 2017 Jul;18(7):437-451. doi: 10.1038/nrm.2017.27. Epub 2017 May 10.
Alternative splicing of eukaryotic transcripts is a mechanism that enables cells to generate vast protein diversity from a limited number of genes. The mechanisms and outcomes of alternative splicing of individual transcripts are relatively well understood, and recent efforts have been directed towards studying splicing networks. It has become apparent that coordinated splicing networks regulate tissue and organ development, and that alternative splicing has important physiological functions in different developmental processes in humans.
真核生物转录本的可变剪接是一种机制,它使细胞能够从有限数量的基因中产生大量的蛋白质多样性。单个转录本可变剪接的机制和结果相对已得到较好的理解,并且最近的研究工作已转向对剪接网络的研究。已经很明显,协调的剪接网络调节组织和器官的发育,并且可变剪接在人类不同的发育过程中具有重要的生理功能。