Nucleotide sequence of the gene encoding the BstLVI DNA methyltransferase: Comparison with other amino-DNA methyltransferases

Current Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 114-118

  Vásquez, Claudio C ^a   Saavedra, Claudia P ^a   Pichuantes, Sergio E ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSLATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SITE-SPECIFIC DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE (CYTOSINE-SPECIFIC); SITE-SPECIFIC DNA-METHYLTRANSFERASE (ADENINE-SPECIFIC);

EID: 0343415133     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002849910022     Document Type: Article

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