The HaeIV restriction modification system of Haemophilus aegyptius is encoded by a single polypeptide

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 293, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1055-1065

  Piekarowicz, Andrzej ^a   Golaszewska, Monika ^a   Sunday, Awotunde Olubunmi ^a   Siwińska, Maria ^a   Stein, Daniel C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloning; DNA methyltransferase; Expression vector; Protein purification; Restriction enzyme

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; PALINDROMIC DNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION VECTOR; HAEMOPHILUS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ARA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS AEGYPTIUS; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033550203     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.3198     Document Type: Article

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