A convenient spectrometric assay system for intracellular quantitative measurement of DNA glycosylase activity

Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 381-387

  Li, Shiying ^a   Huang, Qilai ^a,b   Wang, Lu ^a   Lan, Yan ^a   Zhang, Xin ^a   Yang, Bingya ^a   Du, Pan ^a   Hua, Zichun ^a,b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MACAU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Macao)

Author keywords

DNA glycosylase activity; Intracellular; Luciferase; Thymine DNA glycosylase

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; FIREFLY LUCIFERASE; MBD4 PROTEIN, MOUSE; RENILLA LUCIFERIN 2 MONOOXYGENASE; THYMINE; THYMINE DNA GLYCOSYLASE;

ANIMAL; BASE MISPAIRING; DNA REPAIR; GENE VECTOR; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PLASMID; PROCEDURES; REPORTER GENE; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANIMALS; BASE PAIR MISMATCH; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DNA REPAIR; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC VECTORS; LUCIFERASES, FIREFLY; LUCIFERASES, RENILLA; MICE; PLASMIDS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; THYMINE; THYMINE DNA GLYCOSYLASE;

EID: 77953016956     PISSN: 16729145     EISSN: 17457270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/abbs/gmq032     Document Type: Article

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