Dimerization of the bacterial RsrI N6-adenine DNA methyltransferase

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 806-815

  Thomas, Chad B ^a   Gumport, Richard I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; DIMER; DNA; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; RSRL METHYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA MODIFICATION METHYLASE ECORI; SITE SPECIFIC DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE (ADENINE SPECIFIC);

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; DNA METHYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STOICHIOMETRY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DIMERIZATION; DNA; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SITE-SPECIFIC DNA-METHYLTRANSFERASE (ADENINE-SPECIFIC);

EID: 33644870800     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkj486     Document Type: Article

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