The trimethylamine methyltransferase gene and multiple dimethylamine methyltransferase genes of Methanosarcina barkeri contain in-frame and read- through amber codons

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 2520-2529

  Paul, Ligi ^a,b   Ferguson Jr , Donald J ^b   Krzycki, Joseph A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYLAMINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; TRIMETHYLAMINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; METHANOGENESIS; METHANOSARCINA BARKERI; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COBAMIDES; CODON; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DIMETHYLAMINES; DNA, ARCHAEAL; GENES, ARCHAEAL; METHANOSARCINA; METHANOSARCINA BARKERI; METHYLAMINES; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

METHANOSARCINA BARKERI; METHANOSARCINA THERMOPHILA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0034005319     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.9.2520-2529.2000     Document Type: Article

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