Arginine methylation: An emerging regulator of protein function

Molecular Cell

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 263-272

  Bedford, Mark T ^a   Richard, Stéphane ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ARGININE; METHYLTHIOADENOSINE; METHYLTRANSFERASE INHIBITOR; PROTEIN ARGININE METHYLTRANSFERASE; SINEFUNGIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

BREAST CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DNA REPAIR; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; METHYLATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEOMICS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; RNA PROCESSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMINO ACID OXIDOREDUCTASES; ANIMALS; ARGININE; DISEASE; HUMANS; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PROTEIN-ARGININE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 20844450998     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2005.04.003     Document Type: Review

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