The emerging biology of RNA post-transcriptional modifications

RNA Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 156-163

  Nachtergaele, Sigrid ^a   He, Chuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Epitranscriptome; gene expression; post transcriptional regulation; protein translation; RNA modification

Indexed keywords

LONG UNTRANSLATED RNA; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTOME; TRANSFER RNA; VIRUS RNA;

CYTOLOGY; HEAT SHOCK; HUMAN; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; REVIEW; RNA PROCESSING; RNA STRUCTURE; VIRUS INFECTION; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; METHYLATION; MICRORNAS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, LONG NONCODING; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, TRANSFER; RNA, VIRAL; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 85012872526     PISSN: 15476286     EISSN: 15558584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15476286.2016.1267096     Document Type: Review

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