title: A P(E)RM(I)T for BMP signaling.
abstract: In this issue, Xu et al. (2013) report their interesting discovery of a critical step for initiating BMP signal transduction that requires arginine methylation at the plasma membrane.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA. x4guo@ucsd.edu
authors.forename: Xing
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Xiao-Fan
authors.initials: XF
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D001120:Arginine / Q000378:metabolism*; D019485:Bone Morphogenetic Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D015398:Signal Transduction; D051785:Smad Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D019485:Bone Morphogenetic Proteins; D051785:Smad Proteins; D001120:Arginine