Visualization and measurement of DNA methyltransferase activity in living cells

In this unit, a live-cell assay to measure DNA (cytosine-5) methyltransferase (MTase) activity at the single-cell level is described. This method takes advantage of the irreversible binding of enzymatically active MTases to genomic DNA substituted with the mechanism-based inhibitor 5-aza-2′-deoxycyt...

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Main Authors: Schermelleh, L, Spada, F, Leonhardt, H
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2008