Update: Mechanisms Underlying N6-Methyladenosine Modification of Eukaryotic mRNA

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 763-773

  Wang, Yang ^a   Zhao, Jing Crystal ^a  

^a BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 N METHYLADENOSINE; BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; ADENOSINE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; N(6)-METHYLADENOSINE;

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; EUKARYOTE; EXON; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; RNA SPLICING; RNA STABILITY; RNA TRANSLATION; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; DNA METHYLATION; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM;

ADENOSINE; ANIMALS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; HUMANS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 84994143420     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: 13624555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2016.09.006     Document Type: Review

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