A new damage limitation exercise: Ironing (Fe(II)) out minor DNA methylation lesions

DNA Repair

Volumn 1, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1057-1061

  Margison, Geoff ^a  

^a CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AlkB gene; Fe(II) catalysed reaction; Methylating agents; Oxidative demethylation

Indexed keywords

1 METHYLADENINE; 2 OXOGLUTARIC ACID; 3 METHYLCYTOSINE; 6 O ALKYLGUANINE DNA ALKYLTRANSFERASE; ADA PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOSINE DERIVATIVE; DACARBAZINE; DNA; DNA GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; DNA POLYMERASE; IRON; METHYLNITRONITROSOGUANIDINE; OXYGEN; PROCARBAZINE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN AIDB; PROTEIN ALKA; PROTEIN ALKB; STREPTOZOCIN; TEMOZOLOMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; ASTERIAS; BACTERIAL GENE; BASE PAIRING; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CELL PROTECTION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CYTOTOXICITY; DEMETHYLATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LYMPHOBLAST; MISMATCH REPAIR; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TUMOR;

ALKYLATING AGENTS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HUMANS; IRON; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; MUTAGENS;

ADA; ASTERIAS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0037027852     PISSN: 15687864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1568-7864(02)00169-6     Document Type: Article

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