Induction of sporulation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae leads to the formation of N6-methyladenosine in mRNA: A potential mechanism for the activity of the IME4 gene

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 30, Issue 20, 2002, Pages 4509-4518

  Clancy, Mary J ^a   Shambaugh, Mary Eileen ^b   Timpte, Candace S ^a   Bokar, Joseph A ^b  

^a University of New Orleans   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 N METHYLADENOSINE; AMINO ACID; FUNGAL RNA; MESSENGER RNA; METHYLTRANSFERASE; NUCLEOSIDE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MODIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING; RNA TRANSLATION; RNA TRANSPORT; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPOROGENESIS; YEAST CELL;

EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0037109157     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkf573     Document Type: Article

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