Counteracting the mutagenic effect of hydrolytic deamination of DNA 5-methylcytosine residues at high temperature: DNA mismatch N-glycosylase Mig.Mth of the thermophilic archaeon Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum THF

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 5459-5469

  Horst, Jens Peter ^a   Fritz, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; DNA mismatch repair; Hydrolytic DNA deamination; Spontaneous mutation; Thermostable archaeal protein

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLCYTOSINE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BASE MISPAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAMINATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA SEQUENCE; EUBACTERIUM; EUKARYOTE; GLYCOSYLATION; HYDROLYSIS; METHANOBACTERIUM THERMOAUTOTROPHICUM; MUTAGENIC ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOTHERMOBACTER THERMAUTOTROPHICUS;

EID: 0029834498     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00929.x     Document Type: Article

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