DNA methylation and targeting of LINE retrotransposons in Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba invadens

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 55-63

  Harony, Hala ^a   Bernes, Sabina ^a   Siman Tov, Rama ^a   Ankri, Serge ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; DNA methyltransferase; Entamoeba histolytica; LINE retrotransposon

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; BISULFITE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOSINE; CYTOSINE DERIVATIVE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; GUANINE; NEOMYCIN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ALU SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMOEBA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DEAMINATION; DEMETHYLATION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA STRAND; DNA TRANSFECTION; DNA VECTOR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBA INVADENS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MUTATION; GENOME; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; RETROPOSON;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLATION; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RETROELEMENTS; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; TRANSFECTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBA INVADENS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PRIMATES; PROTOZOA;

EID: 33645866778     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2006.02.005     Document Type: Article

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