Xenopus eggs express an identical DNA methyltransferase, Dnmt1, to somatic cells

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 359-366

  Shi, L ^a   Suetake, I ^a   Kawakami, T ^a   Aimoto, S ^a   Tajima, S ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; DNA methyltransferase; Mature eggs; Monoclonal antibody; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; ISOENZYME; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY 3C6; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY 4A8; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOMATIC CELL; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0034854164     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a002994     Document Type: Article

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