An enzyme-coupled high-throughput assay for screening RNA methyltransferase activity in E. coli cell lysate

RNA Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 577-586

  Schulz, Daniela ^a   Rentmeister, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cap hypermethylation; Methyltransferase; Methyltransferase inhibitor; S adenosylmethionine; Screening; Trimethylguanosine synthase

Indexed keywords

RNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

ARTICLE; CELL LYSATE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME COUPLED HIGH THROUGHPUT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; RNA CAPPING;

EID: 84862229031     PISSN: 15476286     EISSN: 15558584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/rna.19818     Document Type: Article

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