Dynamic RNA modifications in disease

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 26, Issue , 2014, Pages 47-52

  Klungland, Arne ^a,b   Dahl, John Arne ^a,c  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 N METHYLADENOSINE; ALKBH5 PROTEIN; DIOXYGENASE; MESSENGER RNA; METHYLTRANSFERASE; METTL14 METHYLTRANSFERASE; METTL3 METHYLTRANSFERASE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ADENOSINE; ALKBH5 PROTEIN, HUMAN; FTO PROTEIN, HUMAN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; METTL14 PROTEIN, HUMAN; METTL3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; N(6)-METHYLADENOSINE; PROTEIN; N DEMETHYLASE; PROTEIN ALKBH5; PROTEIN ALKBH9; PROTEIN FTO; PROTEIN METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN METTL14; PROTEIN METTL3;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FTO GENE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; INDUCER OF MEIOSIS 4 GENE; INTRON; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MEIOSIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RIBONUCLEIC ACID MODIFICATION; RNA BINDING; RNA METHYLATION; RNA PROCESSING; SPOROGENESIS; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; ENZYME MODIFICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INFERTILITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; RNA DEGRADATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ADENOSINE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIOXYGENASES; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MUTATION; OBESITY; PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 84903829672     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: 18790380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2014.05.006     Document Type: Review

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