N6-methyladenosine-encoded epitranscriptomics

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 98-102

  Liu, Nian ^a   Pan, Tao ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 N METHYLADENOSINE; ALKBH5 DIOXYGENASE; DIOXYGENASE; FTO DIOXYGENASE; KIAA1429 PROTEIN; METHYLTRANSFERASE; METTL14 METHYLTRANSFERASE; METTL3 METHYLTRANSFERASE; MICRORNA; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX; RNA; SINGLE STRANDED RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WILM TUMOR 1 ASSOCIATING PROTEIN; ADENOSINE; N(6)-METHYLADENOSINE; TRANSCRIPTOME;

DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; EPITRANSCRIPTOMICS; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSLATION; STOP CODON; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; CONFORMATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

ADENOSINE; ANIMALS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84956890608     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.3162     Document Type: Review

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