Differential methylation kinetics of individual target site strands by T4Dam DNA methyltransferase

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 388, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1199-1207

  Zinoviev, Victor V ^a   Evdokimov, Alexey A ^a   Malygin, Ernst G ^a   Sclavi, Bianca ^b   Buckle, Malcolm ^b   Hattman, Stanley ^c  

^a STATE RESEARCH CENTER OF VIROLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY VECTOR   (Russian Federation)

^b Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemimethylation; Pre steady state methylation; Reaction burst; S adenosyl L homocysteine; S adenosyl L methionine

Indexed keywords

ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINASE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; METHIONINE DERIVATIVE; METHYL GROUP; PALINDROMIC DNA;

ADAPTATION; BACTERIOPHAGE; BINDING SITE; CATALYSIS; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE SEQUENCE; KINETICS; METHYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; REACTION ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STEADY STATE;

DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION METHYLASES; KINETICS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

PROKARYOTA;

EID: 35848964545     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: 14374315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.2007.142     Document Type: Conference Paper

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