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. 2016 Dec 30;17(1):265.
doi: 10.1186/s13059-016-1121-y.

The incredible complexity of RNA splicing

Christelle Robert  1 , Mick Watson  2
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The incredible complexity of RNA splicing

Christelle Robert et al. Genome Biol. .

Abstract

Alternative splice isoforms are common and important and have been shown to impact many human diseases. A new study by Nellore et al. offers a comprehensive study of splice junctions in humans by re-analyzing over 21,500 public human RNA sequencing datasets.

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