The Caulobacter crescentus DNA-(adenine-N6)-methyltransferase CcrM methylates DNA in a distributive manner

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1708-1716

  Albu, Razvan F ^a   Jurkowski, Tomasz P ^a   Jeltsch, Albert ^a  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; PLASMID DNA; PROTEIN CCRM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN TARGETING;

CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; DNA METHYLATION; PLASMIDS; SITE-SPECIFIC DNA-METHYLTRANSFERASE (ADENINE-SPECIFIC);

CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES;

EID: 84857881920     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkr768     Document Type: Article

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