Activation of a yeast pseudo DNA methyltransferase by deletion of a single amino acid

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 257, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 804-813

  Pinarbasi, Ergun ^a   Elliott, John ^a   Hornby, David P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; DNA methyltransferase; Mutagenesis; Pseudoenzyme; Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; SERINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; DNA METHYLATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME MODIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; YEAST;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; MELANOGASTER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0029869423     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0203     Document Type: Article

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