M6A modulates neuronal functions and sex determination in Drosophila

Nature

Volumn 540, Issue 7632, 2016, Pages 242-247

  Lence, Tina ^a   Akhtar, Junaid ^a   Bayer, Marc ^a   Schmid, Katharina ^b   Spindler, Laura ^b   Ho, Cheuk Hei ^c   Kreim, Nastasja ^a   Andrade Navarro, Miguel A ^a,b   Poeck, Burkhard ^b   Helm, Mark ^b   Roignant, Jean Yves ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY IMB   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 N METHYLADENOSINE; 6 N METHYLADENOSINE RNA; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ADENOSINE; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; METHYLTRANSFERASE; MRNA (2'-O-METHYLADENOSINE-N6-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; N(6)-METHYLADENOSINE; NITO PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; SXL PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; YT521-B PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; FLY; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PROTEIN; SEX DETERMINATION; VERTEBRATE;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; SEX DETERMINATION; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DEFICIENCY; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESS;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; VERTEBRATA;

ADENOSINE; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; MALE; METHYLTRANSFERASES; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURONS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES;

EID: 85017161112     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature20568     Document Type: Article

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