Isolation and expression of a Xenopus laevis DNA methyltransferase cDNA

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1182-1189

  Kimura, Hironobu ^a   Ishihara, Goshi ^a   Tajima, Shoji ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

cDNA cloning; DNA methyltransferase; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA LIBRARY; DNA PROBE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; ISOTOPE LABELING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RNA TRANSLATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0030479838     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a021539     Document Type: Article

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