Особенности взаимодействия С5-цитозиновых ДНК-метилтрансфераз с ДНК-дуплексами, содержащими аддукты 2'-дезоксигуанозина с бензо[a]пирендиолэпоксидом
Диссертация
Плазмиды: Плазмида pQEMet2, содержащая ген ecoRIIM, кодирующий M. EcoRII, была ранее получена в нашей лаборатории Бабкиной О. В. Плазмида для экспрессии рекомбинантной M. SssI (M.SssI/nH) была сконструирована Друцей B.JI. Клетки E. coli штамма ER1821 для экспрессии M. SssI любезно предоставлены фирмой New England BioLabs. Плазмиды рЕТ28а, содержащие ген dnmt2 человека или dnmt3a-cd мыши, были… Читать ещё >
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