Abstract
Alternative splicing patterns are regulated by RNA binding proteins that assemble onto each pre-mRNA to form a complex RNP structure. The polypyrimidine tract binding protein, PTB, has served as an informative model for understanding how RNA binding proteins affect spliceosome assembly and how changes in the expression of these proteins can control complex programs of splicing in tissues. In this review, we describe the mechanisms of splicing regulation by PTB and its function, along with its paralog PTBP2, in neuronal development.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 360-378 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| Journal | Critical reviews in biochemistry and molecular biology |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 2012 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Alternative splicing
- Neuronal development
- RNA binding protein
- RNP
- Spliceosome
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry
- Molecular Biology