Direct observation of cytosine flipping and covalent catalysis in a DNA methyltransferase

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 3771-3780

  Gerasimait, Ruta ^a   Merkiene, Egl ^a   Klimašauskas, Saulius ^a  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA (CYTOSINE 5) METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BASE MISPAIRING; BASE PAIRING; CATALYSIS; CHROMATOPHORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVALENT BOND; DNA METHYLATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE TARGETING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BASE PAIR MISMATCH; BIOCATALYSIS; CYTOSINE; DNA; DNA-CYTOSINE METHYLASES; FLUORESCENCE; MOTION; MUTATION; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79956001873     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkq1329     Document Type: Article

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