Label-free monitoring of DNA methyltransferase activity based on terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase using a thioflavin T probe

Molecular and Cellular Probes

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 118-121

  Ma, Changbei ^a   Liu, Haisheng ^a   Li, Wei ^b   Chen, Hanchun ^a   Jin, Shunxin ^a   Wang, Jing ^a   Wang, Jun ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHANGSHA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

DNA methyltransferase; Label free; Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase; Thioflavin T

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; THIOFLAVINE; DNA (CYTOSINE 5) METHYLTRANSFERASE; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MOLECULAR PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC PROCEDURES; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; DNA-CYTOSINE METHYLASES; FLUORESCENCE; THIAZOLES;

EID: 84957895317     PISSN: 08908508     EISSN: 10961194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcp.2016.02.001     Document Type: Article

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