Arginine N-methyltransferase 1 is required for early postimplantation mouse development, but cells deficient in the enzyme are viable

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 4859-4869

  Pawlak, Maciej R ^d   Scherer, Christina A ^a,d   Chen, Jin ^b,d   Roshon, Michael J ^c,d   Ruley, H Earl ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Dept of Microbiology and Immunology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ARGININE DERIVATIVE; DNA; METHYLTRANSFERASE; RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; DEVELOPMENT; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; GENE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOUSE; MUTATION; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLASTOCYST; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, LETHAL; GENES, RECESSIVE; HOMOZYGOTE; METHYLATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN-ARGININE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROVIRUSES; STEM CELLS;

EID: 0034045559     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.20.13.4859-4869.2000     Document Type: Article

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