Inhibition of 6-methyladenine formation decreases the translation efficiency of dihydrofolate reductase transcripts

International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 837-851

  Tuck, Martin T ^a   Wiehl, Paul E ^a   Pan, Tao ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cycloleucine; Methylation; Ribonucleic acid; S adenosylmethionine

Indexed keywords

6 N METHYLADENINE; CYCLOLEUCINE; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; MESSENGER RNA; METHOTREXATE; NUCLEOSIDE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RABBIT; RNA METHYLATION; RNA TRANSLATION; SARCOMA CELL;

ADENINE; ANIMALS; CYCLOLEUCINE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; MICE; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NUCLEOSIDES; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RIBONUCLEASES; RNA CAPS; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0032872977     PISSN: 13572725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1357-2725(99)00041-2     Document Type: Article

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