Arginine methylation of the B cell antigen receptor promotes differentiation

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 207, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 711-719

  Infantino, Simona ^a,b   Benz, Beate ^a,b   Waldmann, Tanja ^b,c   Jung, Manfred ^a   Schneider, Robert ^b   Reth, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOBIOLOGY AND EPIGENETICS   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; B LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; CALCIUM ION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; PROTEIN ARGININE METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN ARGININE METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; METHYLATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD79; ARGININE; B-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BONE MARROW CELLS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-7; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; METHYLATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROHYDROXYIODOPHENYLACETATE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRECURSOR CELLS, B-LYMPHOID; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN-ARGININE N-METHYLTRANSFERASES; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, B-CELL; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPLEEN; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 77951045295     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 15409538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20091303     Document Type: Article

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