WBSCR22/Merm1 is required for late nuclear pre-ribosomal RNA processing and mediates N7-methylation of G1639 in human 18S rRNA

RNA

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 180-187

  Haag, Sara ^a   Kretschmer, Jens ^a   Bohnsack, Markus T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Methyltransferase; Ribosome; RNA modification; Williams Beuren syndrome

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 18S; RNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; RNA METHYLTRANSFERASE MERM1; RNA METHYLTRANSFERASE WBSCR22; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; METHYLTRANSFERASE; RNA PRECURSOR; WBSCR22 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RNA ISOLATION; RNA METHYLATION; RNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HEK293 CELL LINE; HELA CELL LINE; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA PROCESSING;

BASE SEQUENCE; HEK293 CELLS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; METHYLATION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S;

EID: 84921351874     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.047910.114     Document Type: Article

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