Cloning and characterization of the gene encoding PspPI methyltransferase from the antarctic psychrotroph Psychrobacter sp. strain TA137. Predicted interactions with DNA and organization of the variable region

Gene

Volumn 197, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 353-360

  Rina, Maria ^a   Caufrier, Frederic ^c   Markaki, Maria ^a,b   Mavromatis, Konstantinos ^a,b   Kokkinidis, Michael ^a,b   Bouriotis, Vassilis ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

m5C methyltransferase; Motif analysis; Nucleotide sequence; Recombinant DNA

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENES, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE AEROBIC BACTERIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SITE-SPECIFIC DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE (CYTOSINE-SPECIFIC); SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PSYCHROBACTER; PSYCHROBACTER SP.;

EID: 0030750799     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00283-7     Document Type: Article

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