Cloning of the Haemophilus influenzae Dam methyltransferase and analysis of its relationship to the Dam methyltransferase encoded by the HP1 phage

Acta Biochimica Polonica

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 969-983

  Bujnicki, Janusz M ^a   Radlinska, Monika ^b   Zaleski, Piotr ^b   Piekarowicz, Andrzej ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; DNA methyltransferase; Molecular evolution; Protein structure; Sequence specificity

Indexed keywords

HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE;

DAM METHYLTRANSFERASE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; SITE SPECIFIC DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE (ADENINE SPECIFIC);

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIOPHAGES; CATALYSIS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; METHYLATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SITE-SPECIFIC DNA-METHYLTRANSFERASE (ADENINE-SPECIFIC);

EID: 0035753461     PISSN: 0001527X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18388/abp.2001_3860     Document Type: Review

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