Circular permutation of DNA cytosine-N4 methyltransferases: In vivo coexistence in the Bcnl system and in vitro probing by hybrid formation

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1547-1557

  Vilkaitis, Gierdrius ^a   Lubys, Arvydas ^a   Merkiene, Egle ^a   Timinskas, Albertas ^a   Janulaitis, Arvydas ^a   Klimašauskas, Saulius ^a  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; DNA; DNA (CYTOSINE 5) METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA HYBRID; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; GUANINE; PROTEIN BCN1; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACILLUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA PROBE; EVOLUTION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOST; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS; DNA RESTRICTION-MODIFICATION ENZYMES; DNA, BACTERIAL; MICROCOCCUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SITE-SPECIFIC DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE (CYTOSINE-SPECIFIC); SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BREVIBACILLUS CENTROSPORUS; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0036529590     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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