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Nucleotide modifications in messenger RNA and their role in development and disease

Veronica Dezi1, Chavdar Ivanov1, Irmgard U Haussmann2

  • 1School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, U.K.

Biochemical Society Transactions
|December 3, 2016
PubMed

Keywords:
RNA editingepitranscriptomemRNA methylation

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