Arginine methylation of RNA-binding proteins regulates cell function and differentiation

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 163-175

  Blackwell, Ernest ^a   Ceman, Stephanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; DEAD BOX PROTEIN; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; HUD PROTEIN; MURINE VASA HOMOLOG; PIWI PROTEIN; PROTEIN SM; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; DROSOPHILA; GERM CELL; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RNA PROCESSING;

ANIMALS; ARGININE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DROSOPHILA; GERM CELLS; METHYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEIN-ARGININE N-METHYLTRANSFERASES; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 84857195774     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.22024     Document Type: Article

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