Mutational analysis and a structural model of methyl-directed restriction enzyme Mrr

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 377, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 862-866

  Orlowski, Jerzy ^a,b   Mebrhatu, Mehari Tesfazgi ^c   Michiels, Chris W ^c   Bujnicki, Janusz M ^a,d   Aertsen, Abram ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

^b Institute of Biochemistry   (Poland)

^c LEUVEN FOOD SCIENCE AND NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTRE LFORCE   (Belgium)

^d INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; High pressure; Mrr; Mutagenesis; Protein modeling; Restriction

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN MRR; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; MOLECULAR MODEL; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PRESSURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 56249121930     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.10.064     Document Type: Article

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