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Binding to m6A RNA promotes YTHDF2-mediated phase separation

  • Jiahua Wang 1 ,
  • Liyong Wang 1 ,
  • Jianbo Diao 1 ,
  • Yujiang Geno Shi 5 ,
  • Yang Shi , 2,3 ,
  • Honghui Ma , 4 ,
  • Hongjie Shen , 1
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  • 1. Center for Medical Research and Innovation, Shanghai Pudong Hospital, Fudan University Pudong Medical Center and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 201399, China
  • 2. Division of Newborn Medicine and Epigenetics Program, Department of Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
  • 3. Cell Biology Department, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
  • 4. Key Laboratory of Arrhythmias of the Ministry of Education of China,East Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200120, China
  • 5. Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

Published date: 15 Apr 2020

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Jiahua Wang , Liyong Wang , Jianbo Diao , Yujiang Geno Shi , Yang Shi , Honghui Ma , Hongjie Shen . Binding to m6A RNA promotes YTHDF2-mediated phase separation[J]. Protein & Cell, 2020 , 11(4) : 304 -307 . DOI: 10.1007/s13238-019-00660-2

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