Cloning and characterization of the gene encoding a new DNA methyltransferase from Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 379, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1391-1395

  Radlińska, Monika ^a   Piekarowicz, Andrzej ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Gonococci; Gram negative bacteria; Restriction modification systems; Sequence recognition

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA METHYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; OPEN READING FRAMES; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SITE-SPECIFIC DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE (CYTOSINE-SPECIFIC); SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031760138     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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