Characterisation of Independent DNA and Multiple Zn-binding Domains at the N Terminus of Human DNA-(Cytosine-5) Methyltransferase: Modulating the Property of a DNA-binding Domain by Contiguous Zn-binding Motifs

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 257, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 935-948

  Chuang, Linda S H ^a   Ng, Huck Hui ^a   Chia, Jin Ngee ^a   Li, Benjamin F L ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

DNA; DNA (Cytosine 5) methyltransferase; Zn binding domains

Indexed keywords

DNA (CYTOSINE 5) METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; OLIGOPEPTIDE; ZINC;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DELETION MUTANT; DNA METHYLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

MAMMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0030004935     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0213     Document Type: Article

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