Changing the recognition specificity of a DNA-methyltransferase by in vitro evolution

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 32, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 3898-3903

  Tímár, Edit ^a   Groma, Gergely ^a   Kiss, Antal ^a   Venetianer, Pál ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA MODIFICATION METHYLASE M.SINI; SITE SPECIFIC DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE (CYTOSINE SPECIFIC);

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SHUFFLING; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME MODIFICATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; CHEMISTRY; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BASE SEQUENCE; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTAGENESIS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SITE-SPECIFIC DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE (CYTOSINE-SPECIFIC); SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 4444361240     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkh724     Document Type: Article

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