Role of the N6-methyladenosine RNA mark in gene regulation and its implications on development and disease

Briefings in Functional Genomics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 169-179

  Chandola, Udita ^a   Das, Radhika ^a   Panda, Binay ^a,b  

^a Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology   (India)

^b Initiative of Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology and Strand Life Sciences ^*  (India)

Author keywords

FTO; m6A; METTL3; Post transcriptional regulation; RNA methylation

Indexed keywords

6 N METHYLADENOSINE; FUNGAL RNA; PLANT RNA; RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME; VIRUS RNA; ADENOSINE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; N(6)-METHYLADENOSINE;

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DISEASE COURSE; GENE CONTROL; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA METHYLATION; RNA SPLICING; RNA STRUCTURE; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; DISEASES; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ADENOSINE; ANIMALS; DISEASE; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; RNA;

EID: 84938290567     PISSN: 20412649     EISSN: 20412657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bfgp/elu039     Document Type: Article

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