Identification of a subdomain within DNA-(cytosine-C5)-methyltransferases responsible for the recognition of the 5′ part of their DNA target

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1443-1450

  Lange, Christina ^a,b   Wild, Carola ^a   Trautner, Thomas A ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^b Istituto Ricerche Immunobiologiche   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bisulfite modification of DNA; DNA target recognition; Methylation specificity; Protein DNA interaction

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA METHYLATION; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SITE-SPECIFIC DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE (CYTOSINE-SPECIFIC); STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030002809     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00486.x     Document Type: Article

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