New roles for old modifications: Emerging roles of N-terminal post-translational modifications in development and disease

Protein Science

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1641-1649

  Tooley, John G ^a   Schaner Tooley, Christine E ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

acetylation; methylation; N terminal; propionylation; ubiquitylation

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A; HISTONE; HISTONE DEACETYLASE; PROTEIN; UBIQUITIN; AMINO ACID;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DEVELOPMENT; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASES; HISTONE UBIQUITINATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ACETYLATION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW; UBIQUITINATION; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM;

AMINO ACIDS; DISEASE; HUMANS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEINS;

EID: 84927655838     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.2547     Document Type: Review

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