Deficiency in a glutamine-specific methyltransferase for release factor causes mouse embryonic lethality

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 4245-4253

  Liu, Peng ^a   Nie, Song ^a   Li, Bing ^a,d   Yang, Zhong Qiang ^a   Xu, Zhi Mei ^a   Fei, Jian ^b   Lin, Chyuansheng ^c   Zeng, Rong ^a   Xu, Guo Liang ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMINE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; N 6 ADENINE DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; RELEASING FACTOR; RELEASING FACTOR 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; N6A1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TRANSLATION TERMINATION FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTE; GENE DISRUPTION; HISTOLOGY; METHYLATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; RNA TRANSLATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CELL LINE; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MUTATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MICE; MUTATION; PEPTIDE TERMINATION FACTORS;

EID: 77956622590     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: 10985549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.00218-10     Document Type: Article

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