Recent advances in dynamic m6A RNA Modification

Open Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Cao, Guangchao ^a   Li, Hua Bing ^b   Yin, Zhinan ^a,c   Flavell, Richard A ^b,d  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

M6A; Methylation; MRNA

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; LONG UNTRANSLATED RNA; MESSENGER RNA; RNA;

ANIMAL; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; METABOLISM; METHYLATION;

ADENOSINE; ANIMALS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY; METHYLATION; RNA; RNA, LONG NONCODING; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 84964727206     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20462441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsob.16.0003     Document Type: Review

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