Mouse DNA methyltransferase (MTase) deletion mutants that retain the catalytic domain display neither de novo nor maintenance methylation activity in vivo

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 378, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 393-405

  Zimmermann, Christian ^a   Guhl, Eva ^a   Graessmann, Adolf ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

De novo methylation; DNA cytosine 5 methyltransferase; Maintenance DNA methylation; Truncated MTase molecules

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; MUTANT PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CANCER; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CELL AGING; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; DNA METHYLATION; DNA TRANSFECTION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031006067     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/bchm.1997.378.5.393     Document Type: Article

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