The identification and characterization of non-coding and coding RNAs and their modified nucleosides by mass spectrometry

RNA Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1568-1585

  Gaston, Kirk W ^a   Limbach, Patrick A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological ribonucleic acids; LC MS MS; MALDI MS MS; Modified bases; Modified RNA; RNA sequencing; rRNA; Tandem mass spectrometry; tRNA

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLCYTOSINE; BACTERIAL RNA; CARBON 13; MODIFIED NUCLEOTIDE; NITROGEN 15; NUCLEOSIDE; NUCLEOTIDE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; OXYGEN 18; PIWI INTERACTING RNA; PSEUDOURIDINE; RIBONUCLEASE; RIBONUCLEASE A; RIBONUCLEASE T1; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S; RNA 23S; RNA 5S; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNTRANSLATED RNA; VALINE TRANSFER RNA; MESSENGER RNA;

ANTICODON; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CITROBACTER KOSERI; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; COLLISIONALLY ACTIVATED DISSOCIATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DILUTION; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; HALOARCULA MARISMORTUI; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROPHILIC INTERACTION CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOTOPE DILUTION METHOD; ISOTOPE LABELING; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; METABOLOMICS; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; RIBOSOME; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA MODIFICATION; RNA SEQUENCE; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; SUCROSE GRADIENT; SULFOLOBUS ACIDOCALDARIUS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; DEVICES; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROCEDURES; RNA PROCESSING; THERMOPLASMA;

BASE SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEOSIDES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; THERMOPLASMA;

EID: 84924860020     PISSN: 15476286     EISSN: 15558584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/15476286.2014.992280     Document Type: Review

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