ATD

The Alternate Transcript Diversity (ATD) project aims at characterising the alternative transcripts of mRNA present in the human genome. Alternative transcripts of mRNA come into existance for three different reasons: variation in transcription start site, splicing and polyadenylation. It has been observed that the expression of alternative transcripts is specific to tissue-type as well as developmental stage. Disruptions in expression of ATs corresponding to a particular cell condition can cause serious illnesses (e.g. cancer, multiple sclerosis, heart failure and neurodegenerative disorders). Among other things the ATD project aims at characterising AT variants specific to tissue-types as well as detecting ..............

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