N6 -methyladenine profiling of low-input multiplex clinical samples on transcriptome reveals RNA modifications implicated in type 2 diabetes and acute myocardial infarction.
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SUBMITTER: Qin S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9834504 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan
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N<sup>6</sup> -methyladenine profiling of low-input multiplex clinical samples on transcriptome reveals RNA modifications implicated in type 2 diabetes and acute myocardial infarction.
Qin Shanshan S Yang Kun K Han Shaoqing S Yuan Yushu Y Mo Jing J Xiao Mengyao M Yang Yin Y Wang Yafen Y Fang Xin X Wang Fang F Zhang Wei W Liu Song-Mei SM Weng Xiaocheng X Zhou Xiang X
Clinical and translational medicine 20230101 1
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