The emerging field of dynamic lysine methylation of non-histone proteins

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 152-158

  Huang, Jing ^a   Berger, Shelley L ^a  

^a WISTAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HISTONE H3; LYSINE; NONHISTONE PROTEIN; PROTEIN P53; RIBOSOME RNA; RIBULOSEBISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE;

DEMETHYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IN VITRO STUDY; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; HISTONES; HUMANS; LYSINE; METHYLATION; PROTEINS;

EID: 44349108499     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2008.01.012     Document Type: Review

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