Structure of the bacteriophage T4 DNA adenine methyltransferase

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 849-855

  Yang, Zhe ^a   Horton, John R ^a   Zhou, Lan ^a,c   Zhang, Xu Jia ^a,d   Dong, Aiping ^a,e   Zhang, Xing ^a   Schlagman, Samuel L ^b   Kossykh, Valeri ^b,f   Hattman, Stanley ^b   Cheng, Xiaodong ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; BACTERIOPHAGE DNA; CYTOSINE; DNA ADENINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA BASE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; GUANINE; S ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; THYMINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; BASE PAIRING; BINDING SITE; CATALYSIS; COMPLEX FORMATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIFFUSION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; BINDING SITES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; S-ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; SITE-SPECIFIC DNA-METHYLTRANSFERASE (ADENINE-SPECIFIC);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0141507036     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsb973     Document Type: Article

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