Immunohistochemical detection of arginine methylated proteins (MeRP) in archival tissues

Histopathology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 725-733

  Vezzalini, Marzia ^a   Aletta, John M ^b   Beghelli, Stefania ^c   Moratti, Elisabetta ^a   Della Peruta, Marco ^a   Mafficini, Andrea ^c   Mojica, Wilfrido D ^d   Mombello, Aldo ^a   Scarpa, Aldo ^a,c   Sorio, Claudio ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Immunohistochemistry; Methylarginine; Normal tissue; PRMT

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; ARGININE; METHYLARGININE PROTEIN; PARAFFIN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN ARGININE METHYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANCER TISSUE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINIZATION; METHYLATION; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STOMACH CANCER; THYROID CANCER;

ANTIBODIES; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARGININE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METHYLATION; NEOPLASMS; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEIN-ARGININE N-METHYLTRANSFERASES; PROTEINS;

DELLA;

EID: 78449267578     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2010.03684.x     Document Type: Article

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