The enzymatic activity of Arabidopsis protein arginine methyltransferase 10 is essential for flowering time regulation

Protein and Cell

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 450-459

  Niu, Lifang ^a,b,d   Lu, Falong ^a,c,d   Zhao, Taolan ^a,d   Liu, Chunyan ^a   Cao, Xiaofeng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

flowering; methyltransferase activity; protein arginine methyltransferases (PRMTs)

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CYSTEINE; HISTONE H4; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN ARGININE METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN ARGININE METHYLTRANSFERASE 10; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; ASSAY; COMPLEMENTATION ASSAY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLOWERING; FLOWERING TIME REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; HISTONE METHYLATION; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 84863487964     PISSN: 1674800X     EISSN: 16748018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13238-012-2935-3     Document Type: Article

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