LC/ESI-MS demonstrates the absence of 5-methyl-2′-deoxycytosine in Plasmodium falciparum genomic DNA

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 350-352

  Choi, Sang Woon ^a   Keyes, Mary K ^a   Horrocks, Paul ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Epigenetics; Mass spectrometry; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

5 METHYL 2' DEOXYCYTOSINE; CYTOSINE DERIVATIVE; GENOMIC DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ELUTION; ENZYME MODIFICATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

5-METHYLCYTOSINE; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DNA, PROTOZOAN; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 33750632707     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2006.07.003     Document Type: Article

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