Continuous enzymatic assay for histone lysine methyltransferases

BioTechniques

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 602-608

  Rathert, Philipp ^a   Cheng, Xiaodong ^b   Jeltsch, Albert ^a  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYMATIC ASSAY; HISTONE LYSINE METHYLTRANSFERASES; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

ENZYME KINETICS; METHYLATION; PEPTIDES; REACTION KINETICS;

BIOASSAY;

5 HISTONE H3 LYSINE 9 METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE LYSINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; STREPTAVIDIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ENZYMATIC ASSAY; LABORATORY APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; METHYLATION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PROTEIN METHYLATION; PROTEOMICS; SCREENING;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; KINETICS; METHYLATION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PEPTIDES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 36448944661     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/000112623     Document Type: Article

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