Characterization of a new variant DNA (cytosine-5)-methyltransferase unable to methylate double stranded DNA isolated from the marine annelid worm Chaetopterus variopedatus

FEBS Letters

Volumn 460, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 380-384

  Del Gaudio, Rosanna ^a   Di Giaimo, Rossella ^a   Potenza, Nicoletta ^a   Branno, Margherita ^b   Aniello, Francesco ^b   Geraci, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b Dipto Fisiol Um Funzioni B   (Italy)

Author keywords

5 Methylcytosine; Annelid polychaete; Chaetopterus variopedatus; DNA methyltransferase; Invertebrate

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; DNA (CYTOSINE 5) METHYLTRANSFERASE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; INVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANNELIDA; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GENE EXPRESSION; KINETICS; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; TIME FACTORS;

ANNELIDA; CHAETOPTERUS VARIOPEDATUS; ECHINOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 0032742962     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-5793(99)01379-4     Document Type: Article

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