Publications by authors named "Birgit Buchroithner"

How splicing, the process of intron removal in pre-messenger RNA (mRNA), is carried out with such fidelity in human cells is still not understood, although some general rules are being proposed mainly by in vitro experiments. These rules are currently being redefined by analysis of splicing mechanisms in patients presenting splicing defects. We analysed material of a patient suffering from junctional epidermolysis bullosa, a heritable blistering skin disease.

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