How to distinguish methyl-cytosine from cytosine with high fidelity

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 424, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 215-224

  Bianchi, Caterina ^a   Zangi, Ronen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b BASQUE FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE   (Spain)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; epigenetics; free energy calculations; molecular dynamics simulations; protein DNA interactions

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; DNA; METHYL GROUP; PROTEIN; UBIQUITIN LIKE CONTAINING PHD AND RING FINGER DOMAIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CPG ISLAND; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; DNA METHYLATION; DNA STRAND; ELECTRON; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND; METHYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION;

EID: 84869092270     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: 10898638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2012.09.024     Document Type: Article

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