Radical SAM-mediated methylation reactions

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 597-604

  Fujimori, Danica Galonić ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; HYDROGEN; MECOBALAMIN; RNA; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; THIOSTREPTON; TRYPTOPHAN;

AROMATIZATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; ELECTROPHILICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METHYLATION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; PROTON TRANSPORT; REVIEW; RNA METHYLATION;

FREE RADICALS; METHYLATION; RNA; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 84881231182     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: 18790402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2013.05.032     Document Type: Review

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