A versatile non-radioactive assay for DNA methyltransferase activity and DNA binding

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Frauer, Carina ^a   Leonhardt, Heinrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 AZA 2' DEOXYCYTIDINE; AGAROSE; DNA; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; FLUORESCENT DYE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; DNA (CYTOSINE 5 ) METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; DNA (CYTOSINE 5) METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; S ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN HEK293; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVALENT BOND; CPG ISLAND; DNA BINDING; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INCUBATION TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN IMMOBILIZATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; BINDING COMPETITION; CELL LINE; EVALUATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

MAMMALIA;

BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CELL LINE; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; S-ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 63349087781     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkn1029     Document Type: Article

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