Exploring the relationship between intron retention and chromatin accessibility in plants

Abstract Background Intron retention (IR) is the most prevalent form of alternative splicing in plants. IR, like other forms of alternative splicing, has an important role in increasing gene product diversity and regulating transcript functionality. Splicing is known to occur co-transcriptionally an...

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Main Authors: Fahad Ullah, Michael Hamilton, Anireddy S.N. Reddy, Asa Ben-Hur
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-01-01
Series:BMC Genomics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12864-017-4393-z