Ceci n'est pas une DNMT: Recently discovered functions of DNMT2 and their relation to methyltransferase activity (Comment on DOI 10.1002/bies.201300088)

BioEssays

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1024-1024

  Defossez, Pierre Antoine ^a  

^a Université Sorbonne Paris Cité   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 2; METHYLTRANSFERASE; TRANSFER RNA; TRANSFER RNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; DAUGHTER CELL; DNA METHYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RNA METHYLATION; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS;

EID: 84887603934     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: 15211878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.201300151     Document Type: Article

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