Fidelity Index Determination of DNA Methyltransferases

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Borgaro, Janine G ^a   Benner, Nicole ^a,b   Zhu, Zhenyu ^a  

^a NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN; TYPE II SITE SPECIFIC DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; EPIGENETICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-CYTOSINE METHYLASES; ENZYME ASSAYS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; SITE-SPECIFIC DNA-METHYLTRANSFERASE (ADENINE-SPECIFIC); SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84877093054     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063866     Document Type: Article

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