Functional Analysis of Conserved Motifs in Type III Restriction-Modification Enzymes

Biological Chemistry Hoppe-Seyler

Volumn 379, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 511-518

  Saha, Swati ^a   Ahmad, Ishtiyaque ^a   Reddy, Yeturu V R ^a   Krishnamurthy, Vinita ^a   Rao, Desirazu N ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CYSTEINE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; HELICASE; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; SERINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CLEAVAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME STRUCTURE; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE III SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROLYSIS; KINETICS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031971083     PISSN: 01773593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/bchm.1998.379.4-5.511     Document Type: Article

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