Role of protein methylation in regulation of transcription

Endocrine Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 147-170

  Lee, David Y ^a   Teyssier, Catherine ^a   Strahl, Brian D ^b   Stallcup, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ENZYME; HISTONE; LYSINE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ACETYLATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONFORMATION; DNA BINDING; EUCHROMATIN; GENE CONTROL; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMAN; MONOUBIQUITINATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METHYLATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW; RNA PROCESSING; RNA STABILITY; RNA TRANSPORT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UBIQUITINATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARGININE; CHROMATIN; HISTONES; HUMANS; LYSINE; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN METHYLTRANSFERASES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 17044392996     PISSN: 0163769X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/er.2004-0008     Document Type: Review

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