Nucleic Acid Modifications in Regulation of Gene Expression

Cell Chemical Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 74-85

  Chen, Kai ^a,b   Zhao, Boxuan Simen ^a,b   He, Chuan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLCYTIDINE; 5 METHYLCYTOSINE; 6 N METHYLADENINE; 6 N METHYLADENOSINE; CYTIDINE DERIVATIVE; CYTOSINE; DNA; LONG UNTRANSLATED RNA; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; NUCLEIC ACID; PSEUDOURIDINE; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 5-METHYLCYTIDINE; 6-METHYLADENINE; ADENINE; ADENOSINE; CYTIDINE; N(6)-METHYLADENOSINE; RNA;

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; EUKARYOTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RNA PROCESSING; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

5-METHYLCYTOSINE; ADENINE; ADENOSINE; ANIMALS; CYTIDINE; DNA; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; PSEUDOURIDINE; RNA;

EID: 84965072236     PISSN: 24519456     EISSN: 24519448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2015.11.007     Document Type: Review

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