Histone arginine methylation and its dynamic regulation

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 11, Issue 1 P.1-446, 2006, Pages 344-355

  Wysocka, Joanna ^a   Allis, C David ^a   Coonrod, Scott ^b  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arginine; Chromatin; De methylation; DNA; Methylation; Nucleosome; Review

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA;

EID: 32844468049     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/1802     Document Type: Review

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