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Pre-mRNA Missplicing as a Cause of Human Disease

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Alternative Splicing and Disease

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Novoyatleva, T., Tang, Y., Rafalska, I., Stamm, S. (2006). Pre-mRNA Missplicing as a Cause of Human Disease. In: Jeanteur, P. (eds) Alternative Splicing and Disease. Progress in Molecular and Subcellular Biology, vol 44. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-34449-0_2

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