M-Hhal and MEcoRI: Paradigms for understanding the conformational mechanisms of DNA methyltransferases

DNA and RNA Modification Enzymes: Structure, Mechanism, Function and Evolution

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 65-75

  Reich, Norbert O ^a   Coffin, Stephanie R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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