Mutational analysis of target base flipping by the EcoRV Adenine-N6 DNA methyltransferase

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 285, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1121-1130

  Jeltsch, Albert ^a   Roth, Markus ^a   Friedrich, Tatjana ^a  

^a Institut fur Biochemie   (Germany)

Author keywords

5 iododeoxyuracil photocrosslinking; DNA binding; DNA modification; Enzyme mechanism; Protein nucleic acid interaction

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; BACTERIAL DNA; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SERINE; URACIL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN DNA BINDING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033593476     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2389     Document Type: Article

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