Unusual 2-aminopurine fluorescence from a complex of DNA and the EcoKI methyltransferase

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 2223-2230

  Su, T J ^b   Connolly, B A ^a   Darlington, C ^b   Mallin, R ^b   Dryden, David T F ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 AMINOPURINE; ADENINE; CYTOSINE; DNA; GUANIDINE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; NUCLEOTIDE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; THYMINE; TYPE II SITE SPECIFIC DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA MODIFICATION METHYLASE ECOKI; SITE SPECIFIC DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE (ADENINE SPECIFIC);

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EXCITATION; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; FLUORESCENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM;

2-AMINOPURINE; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DNA; DNA METHYLATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FLUORESCENCE; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SITE-SPECIFIC DNA-METHYLTRANSFERASE (ADENINE-SPECIFIC);

EID: 2342479085     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkh531     Document Type: Article

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