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Alternative Splicing
RNA Splicing, Alternative | Splicing, Alternative | Alternate Splicing | Nested Transcripts | Alternate Splicings | Alternative RNA Splicing | Alternative RNA Splicings | Alternative Splicings | Nested Transcript | RNA Splicings, Alternative
A process whereby multiple RNA transcripts are generated from a single gene. Alternative splicing involves the splicing together of other possible sets of EXONS during the processing of some, but not all, transcripts of the gene. Thus a particular exon may be connected to any one of several alternative exons to form a mature RNA. The alternative forms of mature MESSENGER RNA produce PROTEIN ISOFORMS in which one part of the isoforms is common while the other parts are different. |
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