Promiscuous methylation of non-canonical DNA sites by HaeIII methyltransferase

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 30, Issue 17, 2002, Pages 3880-3885

  Cohen, Helen M ^a   Tawfik, Dan S ^c   Griffiths, Andrew D ^b  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISULFITE; CYTOSINE; CYTOSINE DERIVATIVE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHYL GROUP;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA RESTRICTION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; POSITION EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0036714679     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkf507     Document Type: Article

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