Molecular characterization of the DNA methyltransferase M1.NcuI from Neisseria cuniculi ATCC 14688

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 164-174

  Furmanek, Beata ^a   Sektas, Marian ^a   Wons, Ewa ^a   Kaczorowski, Tadeusz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Methyltransferase M1.MboII; Restriction modification system; Type IIS DNA methyltransferase

Indexed keywords

6 N METHYLADENINE; AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL ENZYME; DIVALENT CATION; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; MONOMER; POLYNUCLEOTIDE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DNA METHYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME DENATURATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NCULM1 GENE; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA CUNICULI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; STRUCTURAL GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; GENES, BACTERIAL; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEISSERIA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MORAXELLA CUNICULI;

EID: 33847674419     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2006.10.006     Document Type: Article

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