m6A調

Tina Lence1, Junaid Akhtar1, Marc Bayer1

  • 1Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB), 55128 Mainz, Germany.

Nature
|December 6, 2016
PubMed
まとめ

この研究は,フルーツフライの発達におけるN6-メチラデノシンRNA (m6A) 変異の重要な役割を明らかにしています. この研究は,m6Aメチルトランスフェラーゼ複合体とその効果タンパク質のニューロン機能と性決定における新しい成分を特定しています.

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