Methyltransferase activity assay based on the use of exonuclease III, the hemin/G-quadruplex system and reduced graphene oxide on a gold electrode, and a study on enzyme inhibition

Microchimica Acta

Volumn 182, Issue 15-16, 2015, Pages 2607-2613

  Yang, Zhiqing ^a   Xie, Liyan ^a   Yin, Huanshun ^a   Zhou, Yunlei ^a   Ai, Shiyun ^a  

^a SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Differential pulse voltammetry; DNA adenine methyltransferase; DNA methylation; Electrochemical bioassay; G quadruplex; Hemin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944514487     PISSN: 00263672     EISSN: 14365073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00604-015-1645-y     Document Type: Article

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