NSUN6 is a human RNA methyltransferase that catalyzes formation of m5C72 in specific tRNAs

RNA

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1532-1543

  Haag, Sara ^a   Warda, Ahmed S ^a   Kretschmer, Jens ^a   Günnigmann, Manuel A ^a   Höbartner, Claudia ^a   Bohnsack, Markus T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

5 methylcytosine; Methyltransferase; NSUN protein; RNA modification; TRNA

Indexed keywords

AZACITIDINE; CYTOSINE; NSUN6 PROTEIN; RNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; TRANSFER RNA; TRANSFER RNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 5 METHYLCYTOSINE; CROSS LINKING REAGENT; ENZYME INHIBITOR; NSUN6 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GOLGI COMPLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; METHYLATION; PERICENTRIOLAR REGION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HEK293 CELL LINE; HELA CELL LINE; METABOLISM;

5-METHYLCYTOSINE; AZACITIDINE; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GOLGI APPARATUS; HEK293 CELLS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES; METHYLATION; RNA, TRANSFER; TRNA METHYLTRANSFERASES;

EID: 84939839793     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.051524.115     Document Type: Article

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