The cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803 expresses a DNA methyltransferase specific for the recognition sequence of the restriction endonuclease PvuI

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 16, 1998, Pages 4116-4122

  Scharnagl, Matthias ^a   Richter, Stefan ^b,c   Hagemann, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA METHYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

SYNECHOCYSTIS;

EID: 0031826965     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.16.4116-4122.1998     Document Type: Article

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