DNA of Drosophila melanogaster contains 5-methylcytosine

EMBO Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 24, 2000, Pages 6918-6923

  Gowher, Humaira ^a   Leismann, Oliver ^a,b   Jeltsch, Albert ^a  

^a Institut fur Biochemie   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

5 methylcytosine; DNA methylation; DNA methyltransferase; DNA modification; Drosophila melanogaster

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLCYTOSINE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DNA; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; NUCLEOSIDE; PHOSPHORUS 32; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ASSAY; DNA DEGRADATION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA STRUCTURE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOTOPE LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

5-METHYLCYTOSINE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; CYTOSINE; DNA; DNA METHYLATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (PHOSPHATE GROUP ACCEPTOR);

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EUKARYOTA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0034672095     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/19.24.6918     Document Type: Article

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