Characterization of DNA methyltransferase specificities using single-molecule, real-time DNA sequencing

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Clark, Tyson A ^a   Murray, Iain A ^b   Morgan, Richard D ^b   Kislyuk, Andrey O ^a   Spittle, Kristi E ^a   Boitano, Matthew ^a   Fomenkov, Alexey ^b   Roberts, Richard J ^b   Korlach, Jonas ^a  

^a PACIFIC BIOSCIENCES   (United States)

^b NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 N METHYLADENINE; CYTOSINE DERIVATIVE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; N4 METHYLCYTOSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION METHYLASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SITE-SPECIFIC DNA-METHYLTRANSFERASE (ADENINE-SPECIFIC); SITE-SPECIFIC DNA-METHYLTRANSFERASE (CYTOSINE-N(4)-SPECIFIC); SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84857877933     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkr1146     Document Type: Article

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