RNA pseudouridylation: New insights into an old modification

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 210-218

  Ge, Junhui ^a   Yu, Yi Tao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PSEUDOURIDINE; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ANTICODON; ARCHAEON; CATALYSIS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; EUKARYOTE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; HEAT SHOCK; HUMAN; ISOMERIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RIBOSOME; RNA BINDING; RNA PROCESSING; RNA PSEUDOURIDYLATION; RNA SPLICING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPLICEOSOME; STOP CODON;

ANIMALS; BASE PAIRING; CODON; HUMANS; ISOMERISM; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PSEUDOURIDINE; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, SMALL NUCLEAR; SPLICEOSOMES;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84875514519     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2013.01.002     Document Type: Review

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