Rethinking m6A readers, writers, and erasers

Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 33, Issue , 2017, Pages 319-342

  Meyer, Kate D ^a   Jaffrey, Samie R ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epitranscriptome; M6A; Posttranscriptional control; RNA modifications

Indexed keywords

6 N METHYLADENOSINE; ALKYLATED DNA REPAIR PROTEIN ALKB HOMOLOG 5; ALPHA KETOGLUTARATE DEPENDENT DIOXYGENASE FTO; DC1 PROTEIN; DC2 PROTEIN; DF PROTEIN; HNRNPA2B1 PROTEIN; INITIATION FACTOR 3; KIAA1429 PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; METHIONINE ADENOSYLTRANSFERASE; METHIONINE ADENOSYLTRANSFERASE 2A; METHYLTRANSFERASE; METTL14 PROTEIN; METTL16 PROTEIN; METTL3 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; RBM15 PROTEIN; RBM15B PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YTH PROTEIN; ADENOSINE; N(6)-METHYLADENOSINE; RNA;

CLONING; COMPREHENSION; HUMAN; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; RNA RECOGNITION MOTIF; RNA STRUCTURE; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; DNA METHYLATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ADENOSINE; ANIMALS; DNA METHYLATION; HUMANS; RNA;

EID: 85031002081     PISSN: 10810706     EISSN: 15308995     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-cellbio-100616-060758     Document Type: Review

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