Mapping and significance of the mRNA methylome

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: RNA

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 397-422

  Sibbritt, Tennille ^a   Patel, Hardip R ^a   Preiss, Thomas ^a  

^a Biology and Environment   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATION REPAIR HOMOLOG 5 PROTEIN; ENZYME; FAT MASS AND OBESITY ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; GENOMIC DNA; MESSENGER RNA; METHYLTRANSFERASE; TRANSCRIPTOME; TRANSFER RNA; TRDMT1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA MODIFICATION; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MAPPING; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; RNA METHYLATION; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EUKARYOTA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METHYLATION; MICRORNAS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA SPLICING; RNA STABILITY; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, TRANSFER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TRNA METHYLTRANSFERASES;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84879146658     PISSN: 17577004     EISSN: 17577012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wrna.1166     Document Type: Article

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