CpNpG methylation in mammalian cells

Nature Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 20-27

  Clark, Susan J ^a,b   Harrison, Janet ^a   Frommer, Marianne ^c  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b CSIRO MOLECULAR AND HEALTH TECHNOLOGIES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLCYTOSINE; BISULFITE; DINUCLEOTIDE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC REGULATION; MAMMAL CELL; METHYLATION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

3T3 CELLS; ANIMAL; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CYTOSINE; DNA; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; METHYLATION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENS; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SULFITES; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0029036310     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng0595-20     Document Type: Article

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