Deciphering arginine methylation: Tudor tells the tale

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 629-642

  Chen, Chen ^a   Nott, Timothy J ^a   Jin, Jing ^a   Pawson, Tony ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTOR PROTEIN; ARGININE; BINDING PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; N(G),N(G) DIMETHYLARGININE; PIWI INTERACTING RNA; PIWI PROTEIN; PROTEIN TUDOR; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

GAMETOGENESIS; GENE SILENCING; GERM LINE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TARGETING; REVIEW; TANDEM REPEAT; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; ARGININE; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; METHYLATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEINS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

EID: 80053132089     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: 14710080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrm3185     Document Type: Review

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