N6-methyl-adenosine modification in messenger and long non-coding RNA

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 204-209

  Pan, Tao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

5 methyl cytosine; N6 methyl adenosine; Pseudouridine

Indexed keywords

6 N METHYLADENOSINE; LONG UNTRANSLATED RNA; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENERGY BALANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA EDITING; RNA FOLDING; RNA METHYLATION; RNA SPLICING; RNA STABILITY; RNA STRUCTURE; SPLICEOSOME; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

ADENOSINE; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; METHYLATION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEINS; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA SPLICING; RNA TRANSPORT; RNA, LONG NONCODING; RNA, MESSENGER;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84875530060     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2012.12.006     Document Type: Review

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