Visualization and measurement of DNA methyltransferase activity in living cells

Current Protocols in Cell Biology

Volumn , Issue SUPPL. 39, 2008, Pages

  Schermelleh, Lothar ^a   Spada, Fabio ^a   Leonhardt, Heinrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

5 aza 2 deoxycytidine; DNA (cytosine 5) methyltransferase; DNA methylation; Dnmt1; Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching; Mechanism based inhibitor; Trapping assay

Indexed keywords

5 AZA 2' DEOXYCYTIDINE; DNA (CYTOSINE 5) METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; GENOMIC DNA; NUCLEOSIDE ANALOG;

ARTICLE; CELL ASSAY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA REPLICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME IMMOBILIZATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME REGULATION; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 57549098410     PISSN: 19342500     EISSN: 19342616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/0471143030.cb2212s39     Document Type: Article

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