The PRMT5 arginine methyltransferase: Many roles in development, cancer and beyond

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 72, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2041-2059

  Stopa, Nicole ^a   Krebs, Jocelyn E ^a   Shechter, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Development; Histones; Protein arginine methyltransferase; Spliceosome

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; HISTONE; MEP50 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX; PRMT5 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PROTEIN ARGININE METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCING ADAPTOR PROTEIN;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; NEOPLASM; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; ARGININE; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HISTONES; HUMANS; METHYLATION; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; NEOPLASMS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN-ARGININE N-METHYLTRANSFERASES;

EID: 84939937365     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 14209071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-015-1847-9     Document Type: Review

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