Structure of Dnmt3a bound to Dnmt3L suggests a model for de novo DNA methylation

Nature

Volumn 449, Issue 7159, 2007, Pages 248-251

  Jia, Da ^a   Jurkowska, Renata Z ^b   Zhang, Xing ^a   Jeltsch, Albert ^b   Cheng, Xiaodong ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3L; METHYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DNA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GERM CELL; MAMMAL; METHYLATION; MODEL; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DIMERIZATION; DNA METHYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EUTHERIA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 34548603504     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06146     Document Type: Article

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