Cross-talk among epigenetic modifications: Lessons from histone arginine methylation

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 751-759

  Molina Serrano, Diego ^a   Schiza, Vassia ^a   Kirmizis, Antonis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Epigenetics; Histone arginine methylation; Modification cross talk; Post translational modification; Protein arginine methyltransferase

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4; HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN ARGININE METHYLTRANSFERASE; RAG2 PROTEIN;

CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTONE METHYLATION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RING FINGER MOTIF; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; ARGININE; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HISTONES; HUMANS; METHYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEIN-ARGININE N-METHYLTRANSFERASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84878342895     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST20130003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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