Determination of methylation site of DNA-methyl-transferase NlaX by a hybrid method

BioTechniques

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 526-531

  Kubareva, E A ^a   Walter, J ^a   Karyagina, A S ^a   Vorob'Eva, O V ^a   Lau, P C K ^a   Trautner, T ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATION; DNA; ENZYMES; GENETIC ENGINEERING;

METHYLATIONS;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

5 METHYLCYTOSINE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BISULFITE; DNA; DNA GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; FLUCYTOSINE DEOXYRIBOSIDE; GENE PRODUCT; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PENTANUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN NLAX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URACIL; BACTERIAL DNA; CROSS LINKING REAGENT; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE NLAIII; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE NLAIV; GLYCOSIDASE; SULFITE; TYPE II SITE SPECIFIC DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; URACIL DNA GLYCOSIDASE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CROSS LINKING; DNA REPAIR; DNA SYNTHESIS; GENE SEQUENCE; HYBRIDIZATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NEISSERIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; DNA METHYLATION; ENZYMOLOGY; EVALUATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA LACTAMICA;

CHEMISTRY, ANALYTICAL; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA GLYCOSYLASES; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION METHYLASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; N-GLYCOSYL HYDROLASES; NEISSERIA; SULFITES; URACIL-DNA GLYCOSIDASE;

EID: 0036752675     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/02333st02     Document Type: Article

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