Chlorella viruses encode multiple DNA methyltransferases

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 379, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 423-428

  Nelson, Michael ^a   Burbank, Dwight E ^b   Van Etten, James L ^b  

^a Megabase Research Products   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorella viruses; DNA methyltransferases

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLCYTOSINE; ADENINE DERIVATIVE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; VIRUS DNA;

CHLORELLA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA VIRUS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION;

CHLORELLA;

EID: 0031959624     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/bchm.1998.379.4-5.423     Document Type: Conference Paper

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