Identification of methylated deoxyadenosines in vertebrates reveals diversity in DNA modifications

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 24-30

  Koziol, Magdalena J ^a,b   Bradshaw, Charles R ^a   Allen, George E ^a   Costa, Ana S H ^c   Frezza, Christian ^c   Gurdon, John B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYADENOSINE DERIVATIVE; GENOMIC DNA; N6 METHYLDEOXYADENOSINE; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; SITE SPECIFIC DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE (ADENINE SPECIFIC);

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELLS BY BODY ANATOMY; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MODIFICATION; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; EXON; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRON; MALE; MOUSE; MUS MUSCULUS; NONHUMAN; OVIDUCT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TESTIS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; DNA METHYLATION; METABOLISM; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; DEOXYADENOSINES; DNA METHYLATION; HUMANS; SITE-SPECIFIC DNA-METHYLTRANSFERASE (ADENINE-SPECIFIC); VERTEBRATES;

EID: 84954400944     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.3145     Document Type: Article

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