1 Protein methyltransferases: Their distribution among the five structural classes of adomet-dependent methyltransferases

Enzymes

Volumn 24, Issue C, 2006, Pages 3-28

  Schubert, Heidi L ^a   Blumenthal, Robert M ^b   Cheng, Xiaodong ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 77956681314     PISSN: 18746047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1874-6047(06)80003-X     Document Type: Article

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