An Mrr-family nuclease motif in the single polypeptide restriction-modification enzyme LlaGI

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 37, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 7231-7238

  Smith, Rachel M ^a   Josephsen, Jytte ^b   Szczelkun, Mark D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSSOVER JUNCTION ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; ENDONUCLEASE; ESTERASE; LLAGI PROTEIN; MRR ENDONUCLEASE; POLYNUCLEOTIDE; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; TYPE I SITE SPECIFIC DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; LLAGI RESTRICTION MODIFICATION SYSTEM; LLAGI RESTRICTION-MODIFICATION SYSTEM; MRR PROTEIN, E COLI;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA TRANSFER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME MODIFICATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; HYDROLYSIS; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEIC ACID TRANSPORT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; DNA; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; DNA RESTRICTION-MODIFICATION ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 75349100080     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkp795     Document Type: Article

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