A mammalian protein with specific demethylase activity for mCpG DNA

Nature

Volumn 397, Issue 6720, 1999, Pages 579-583

  Bhattacharya, Sanjoy K ^a   Ramchandani, Shyam ^a   Cervoni, Nadia ^a   Szyf, Moshe ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOSINE; DINUCLEOTIDE; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; METHYL GROUP; METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; DNA METHYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CATALYSIS; CELLS, CULTURED; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTOSINE; DINUCLEOSIDE PHOSPHATES; DNA; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; METHANOL; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDOREDUCTASES, O-DEMETHYLATING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033580326     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/17533     Document Type: Article

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