Quantification of 5-methylcytosine in DNA by the chloroacetaldehyde reaction

BioTechniques

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 744-752

  Oakeley, Edward J ^a   Schmitt, Frédéric ^b   Jost, Jean Pierre ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b SANOFI   (France)

^c FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROACETALDEHYDE; CYTOSINE; DNA; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; HYGROMYCIN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0032881723     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/99274st05     Document Type: Article

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