In vivo DNA protection by relaxed-specificity SinI DNA methyltransferase variants

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 8003-8008

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

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; ENZYME VARIANT; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHASE; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; SAU96I ENZYME; SINI ENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL PROTECTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN METHYLATION;

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA LIGASES; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-CYTOSINE METHYLASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PLASMIDS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 57349095233     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00754-08     Document Type: Article

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