Histone arginine methylations: Their roles in chromatin dynamics and transcriptional regulation

Bioscience Reports

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 131-141

  Litt, Michael ^a   Qiu, Yi ^b,c   Huang, Suming ^b,c  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arginine demethylase; Cancer; Chromatin insulator; Histone cross talk; Protein arginine N methyltransferase (PRMT); Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; HISTONE; PROTEIN ARGININE METHYLTRANSFERASE;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; REVIEW;

ARGININE; CHROMATIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HISTONES; METHYLATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN-ARGININE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 66349120902     PISSN: 01448463     EISSN: 15734935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BSR20080176     Document Type: Review

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