RNA m6A methylation participates in regulation of postnatal development of the mouse cerebellum

Genome Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Ma, Chunhui ^a   Chang, Mengqi ^a   Lv, Hongyi ^b,c   Zhang, Zhi Wei ^a   Zhang, Weilong ^d   He, Xue ^a   Wu, Gaolang ^a   Zhao, Shunli ^a   Zhang, Yao ^a   Wang, Di ^a   Teng, Xufei ^b,c   Liu, Chunying ^a   Li, Qing ^a   Klungland, Arne ^e,f   Niu, Yamei ^a   Song, Shuhui ^b   Tong, Wei Min ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences and China National Center for Bioinformation   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d CANCER HOSPITAL   (China)

^e OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

ALKBH5; Cerebellar development; METTL3; N6 methyladenosine; RNA methylation

Indexed keywords

6 N METHYLADENOSINE; ALKYLATED DNA REPAIR PROTEIN ALKB HOMOLOG 5; FTO PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; METHYLTRANSFERASE; METTL14 PROTEIN; METTL3 PROTEIN; OXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WTAP PROTEIN; ADENOSINE; ALKBH5 PROTEIN, MOUSE; METTL3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; N(6)-METHYLADENOSINE; RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL FATE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPIC EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GLIA CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR EXPORT; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PURKINJE CELL; RNA METHYLATION; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL HYPOXIA; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEK293 CELL LINE; HUMAN; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; METHYLATION;

ADENOSINE; ALKB HOMOLOG 5, RNA DEMETHYLASE; ANIMALS; CELL HYPOXIA; CELL LINE; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLATION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RNA;

EID: 85047912076     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13059-018-1435-z     Document Type: Article

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