Gene expression regulation mediated through reversible m 6 A RNA methylation

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 293-306

  Fu, Ye ^a   Dominissini, Dan ^a,b,c   Rechavi, Gideon ^b,c   He, Chuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 N METHYLADENOSINE; HISTONE; NUCLEAR RNA;

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; DNA MODIFICATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA METHYLATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

MAMMALIA;

ADENOSINE; ANIMALS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; METHYLATION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 84898814417     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: 14710064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrg3724     Document Type: Review

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