A mutant of BamHI restriction endonuclease which requires N6-methyladenine for cleavage

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 285, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1525-1536

  Whitaker, Richard D ^a   Dorner, Lydia F ^a   Schildkraut, Ira ^a  

^a NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS   (United States)

Author keywords

Altered specificity; BamHI restriction endonuclease; Cleavage specificity; N6 methyladenine; Protein engineering

Indexed keywords

6 N METHYLADENINE; DNA; MUTANT PROTEIN; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA METHYLATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033614013     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2409     Document Type: Article

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