Peptide binding to methylated dna
AssigneeRiken
InventorsAkimitsu Okamoto, Akiko Nomura
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
The present invention aims to provide a tool etc. capable of detecting a methylated region of a DNA in a short time, in a labor-saving manner and without being limited by nucleotide sequences, and further capable of quantifying the methylation. The present invention provides a peptide containing a metal finger motif and a tyrosine derivative in a helix forming part of the motif, which recognizes and binds to a methylated region of a double stranded DNA.
Claims19
A peptide comprising a metal finger motif and a tyrosine derivative in a helix forming part of the motif, which recognizes and binds to a methylated region of a double stranded DNA.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.