RNA Editing: A Contributor to Neuronal Dynamics in the Mammalian Brain

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 165-175

  Behm, Mikaela ^a   Öhman, Marie ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ADAR; Neurotransmission; RNA editing

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; MICRORNA;

BRAIN; BRAIN MATURATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA EDITING; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MAMMAL; RNA SPLICING;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; MAMMALS; NEURONS; RNA EDITING; RNA SPLICING; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84958772985     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: 13624555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2015.12.005     Document Type: Review

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