RNA nucleotide methylation

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: RNA

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 611-631

  Motorin, Yuri ^a   Helm, Mark ^b  

^a Biopôle de l Université de Lorraine   (France)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; LINCOSAMIDE DERIVATIVE; MACROLIDE; MESSENGER RNA; RIBOSOME RNA; SELENOCYSTEINE; TRANSFER RNA; VIRUS RNA; ARCHAEAL RNA; BACTERIAL RNA; RNA; TRANSFER RNA METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CELL MIGRATION; EXOCYTOSIS; GENETIC CODE; HISTONE ACETYLATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; RNA METHYLATION; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSLATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION; BINDING SITE; BIOCATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA PROCESSING;

BINDING SITES; BIOCATALYSIS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; METHYLATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, ARCHAEAL; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, TRANSFER; RNA, VIRAL; TRNA METHYLTRANSFERASES;

EID: 80955130871     PISSN: 17577004     EISSN: 17577012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wrna.79     Document Type: Review

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