A pair of single-strand and double-strand DNA cytosine-N4 methyltransferases from Bacillus centrosporus

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 379, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 569-571

  Merkiene, Egle ^a   Vilkaitis, Giedrius ^a   Klimašauskas, Saulius ^a  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Gram positive bacteria; Restriction modification; Sequence specificity; Transformation

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

BACILLUS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BACILLUS; BACTERIOPHAGE M13; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; DNA, VIRAL; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; SITE-SPECIFIC DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE (CYTOSINE-SPECIFIC); SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031960283     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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