Characterization of cytosine methylated regions and 5-cytosine DNA methyltransferase (Ehmeth) in the protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 287-297

  Fisher, Ohad ^a   Siman Tov, Rama ^a   Ankri, Serge ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZACITIDINE; BISULFITE; CYTOSINE; DNA ANTIBODY; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; ENZYME ANTIBODY; GENOMIC DNA; METHYLTRANSFERASE INHIBITOR; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; RIBOSOME DNA; 5 METHYLCYTOSINE; DNA (CYTOSINE 5) METHYLTRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ARTICLE; CELL KILLING; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA ISOLATION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA STRUCTURE; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; HAMSTER; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER ABSCESS; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TROPHOZOITE; VALIDATION PROCESS; AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CHO CELL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GENOME; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SYRIAN HAMSTER; VIRULENCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA;

5-METHYLCYTOSINE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AZACITIDINE; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL NUCLEUS; CHO CELLS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CRICETINAE; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; LIVER ABSCESS; MESOCRICETUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RNA, MESSENGER; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; VIRULENCE;

EID: 1242309509     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkh161     Document Type: Article

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