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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2013
Academia Sinica, Taipei, TW;
Che-Kun James Shen, Taipei, TW;
Chun-Chang Chen, Changhua County, TW;
ACADEMIA SINICA, Taipei, TW;
Abstract
Methods for identifying a test agent as a modulator of the active DNA demethylation activity of a DNA methyltransferase are disclosed. The method comprises: a) providing a methylated DNA; b) providing the DNA methyltransferase; c) allowing the methylated DNA to react with the DNA methyltransferase for a sufficient time to perform a demethylation reaction and generate a demethylated DNA product in the presence or absence of a test agent; d) analyzing the extent of demethylation; and d) comparing the extents of the demethylation in the presence and absence of the test agent, and thereby identify the test agent as a modulator of the DNA demethylation activity of the DNA methyltransferase.