Identification of an isoschizomer of the hhal DNA methyltransferase in mycoplasma arthritidis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 290, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 195-198

  Luo, Wenyi ^a   Tu, Anh Hue T ^b   Cao, Zuhua ^a   Yu, Huilan ^a   Dybvig, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA methyltransferase; HhaI isoschizomer; Mycoplasma arthritidis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; HHAI NUCLEASE; NUCLEASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GCGC SPECIFIC TYPE II DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; GCGC-SPECIFIC TYPE II DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; TYPE II SITE SPECIFIC DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CODON; DNA ISOLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; ISOSCHIZOMER; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA ARTHRITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; DNA METHYLATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOPLASMA ARTHRITIDIS; MYCOPLASMATALES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION METHYLASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOPLASMA ARTHRITIDIS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 57449109116     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2008.01428.x     Document Type: Article

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