Circular permutations in the molecular evolution of DNA methyltransferases

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 161-164

  Jeltsch, Albert ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amino acid sequence motif; Divergent evolution; DNA methyltransferase; Gene duplication; Protein evolution; Restriction modification system; Tandem enzyme

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FAMILY; START CODON; STOP CODON; TANDEM REPEAT;

DNA MODIFICATION METHYLASES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DUPLICATION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MUTATION; SITE-SPECIFIC DNA-METHYLTRANSFERASE (ADENINE-SPECIFIC);

EID: 0033013317     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006529     Document Type: Article

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