The Flavobacterium okeanokoites adenine-N6-specific DNA- methyltransferase M.FokI is a tandem enzyme of two independent domains with very different kinetic properties

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 251, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 899-906

  Leismann, Oliver ^a   Roth, Markus ^a   Friedrich, Tatjana ^a   Wende, Wolfgang ^a   Jeltsch, Albert ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

DNA modification; N6 methyladenine; Protein nucleic acid interaction; Restriction modification system; Specificity

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BASE PAIRING; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; FLAVOBACTERIUM; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN NUCLEIC ACID INTERACTION; TANDEM REPEAT; TARGET CELL;

EID: 0032006084     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2510899.x     Document Type: Article

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