NSUN4 Is a Dual Function Mitochondrial Protein Required for Both Methylation of 12S rRNA and Coordination of Mitoribosomal Assembly

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Metodiev, Metodi Dimitrov ^a,f   Spåhr, Henrik ^a   Loguercio Polosa, Paola ^b   Meharg, Caroline ^c   Becker, Christian ^d   Altmueller, Janine ^d   Habermann, Bianca ^a   Larsson, Nils Göran ^a,e   Ruzzenente, Benedetta ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGY OF AGEING   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; MTERF4 PROTEIN; NSUN4 PROTEIN; RNA 12S; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARRIER PROTEIN; METHYLTRANSFERASE; MTERF PROTEIN, MOUSE; PROTEIN BINDING; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 12S; SHTAP PROTEIN, MOUSE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE TARGETING; GERM LINE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NSUN4 GENE; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT; RNA METHYLATION; RNA SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA METHYLATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; RIBOSOME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA METHYLATION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MICE; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; RIBOSOMES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84901741929     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004110     Document Type: Article

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