Long noncoding RNAs add another layer to pre-mRNA splicing regulation

Minna-Liisa Ankö; Karla M Neugebauer

doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2010.09.003

Long noncoding RNAs add another layer to pre-mRNA splicing regulation

Mol Cell. 2010 Sep 24;39(6):833-4. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2010.09.003.

Authors

Minna-Liisa Ankö¹, Karla M Neugebauer

Affiliation

¹ Max Planck Institute of Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany.

PMID: 20864030
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2010.09.003

Abstract

In this issue of Molecular Cell, Tripathi and coworkers (Tripathi et al., 2010) decode some of the functions of a long noncoding RNA MALAT1. They provide evidence that MALAT1 regulates alternative splicing by controlling the activity of the SR protein family of splicing factors.

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