PRMT5 and the role of symmetrical dimethylarginine in chromatoid bodies of planarian stem cells

Development

Volumn 139, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1083-1094

  Rouhana, Labib ^a   Vieira, Ana P ^a   Roberts Galbrait, Rachel H ^a   Newmark, Phillip A ^a  

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

Author keywords

Chromatoid bodies; PIWI; Planarian; PRMT5; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

ARGININE DERIVATIVE; HISTONE H4; PRMT5 PROTEIN; PROTEIN ARGININE METHYLTRANSFERASE; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHROMATOID BODY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOMEOSTASIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; REGENERATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; STEM CELL; TRANSPOSON; TURBELLARIA;

ADULT STEM CELLS; ANIMALS; ARGININE; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HISTONES; INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES; METHYLATION; PLANARIANS; PROTEIN-ARGININE N-METHYLTRANSFERASES; REGENERATION; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA;

EID: 84857320620     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.076182     Document Type: Article

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