Methylation of proteins involved in translation

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 590-606

  Polevoda, Bogdan ^a   Sherman, Fred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ELONGATION FACTOR; ELONGATION FACTOR 1ALPHA; ELONGATION FACTOR 2; GLUTAMINE; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; INITIATION FACTOR 3; LYSINE; METHYL GROUP; PROTEIN METHYLTRANSFERASE; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTE; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN METHYLATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; RNA PROCESSING; RNA TRANSLATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

METHYLATION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEINS; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 34447581084     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.05831.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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