Abstract
Protein arginine methylation has emerged to be an important regulator of cellular protein functions. Techniques that uncover the presence of methylarginines on a protein provide an important step towards understanding the functional role of arginine methylation. Here, we describe several common methods used to detect the presence of protein arginine methylation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
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Jackson, C.A., Yu, M.C. (2014). Detection of Protein Arginine Methylation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae . In: Xiao, W. (eds) Yeast Protocols. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1163. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0799-1_18
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