Cloning, purification and initial characterization of E. coli McrA, a putative 5-methylcytosine-specific nuclease

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 98-103

  Mulligan, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Dunn, John J ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

C5 methylcytosine (m5C); CpG island affinity purification; DNA binding; DNA methylation; McrA; Zn2+ finger

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLCYTOSINE; BACTERIAL DNA; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE MCRA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

5-METHYLCYTOSINE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 52949085449     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2008.06.016     Document Type: Article

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