Demethylation of thymine residues affects DNA cleavage by endonucleases but not sequence recognition by drugs

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 291, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 561-573

  Bailly, Christian ^a   Crow, Stephen ^b   Minnock, Andrew ^b   Waring, Michael J ^b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA structure; DNA binding drugs; DNaseI cleavage; Micrococcal; Minor groove width; Nuclease; Uridine

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA; DRUG; ENDONUCLEASE; MICROCOCCAL NUCLEASE; THYMINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG DNA INTERACTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033588255     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.2979     Document Type: Article

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