N6-methyladenosine (m6A) RNA modification in gastrointestinal tract cancers: roles, mechanisms, and applications

Abstract Analogous to DNA methylation and histone modification, RNA modification, as another epigenetic layer, plays an important role in many diseases, especially in tumours. As the most common form of RNA modification, m6A methylation has attracted increasing research interest in recent years. m6A...

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Main Authors: Bin-bin Hu, Xiao-yan Wang, Xu-Yu Gu, Chen Zou, Zhen-jun Gao, Heng Zhang, Yu Fan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-12-01
Series:Molecular Cancer
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12943-019-1099-7