The Escherichia coli dam DNA methyltransferase modifies DNA in a highly processive reaction

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 319, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1085-1096

  Urig, Sabine ^a   Gowher, Humaira ^a   Hermann, Andrea ^a   Beck, Carsten ^a   Fatemi, Mehrnaz ^a   Humeny, Andeas ^b   Jeltsch, Albert ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; DNA replication; Enzyme mechanism; Processivity; Protein DNA interaction

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; MONOMER; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRAND; ENZYME BINDING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; MACROMOLECULE; MISMATCH REPAIR; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0036300777     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(02)00371-6     Document Type: Article

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