Lost in translation: Defects in transfer RNA modifications and neurological disorders

Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Bednářová, Andrea ^a,b   Hanna, Marley ^c   Durham, Isabella ^d   Vancleave, Tara ^b   England, Alexis ^b   Chaudhuri, Anathbandhu ^e   Krishnan, Natraj ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e STILLMAN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Modified nucleosides; Neurological disease; Q tRNA; Queuosine; Transfer RNA modifications

Indexed keywords

QUEUOSINE; TRANSFER RNA;

BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTONEURON; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; RNA TRANSLATION; ROLANDIC EPILEPSY;

EID: 85019227688     PISSN: 16625099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2017.00135     Document Type: Review

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