Novel non-specific DNA adenine methyltransferases

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 2119-2130

  Drozdz, Marek ^a   Piekarowicz, Andrzej ^a   Bujnicki, Janusz M ^b,c   Radlinska, Monika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

^c ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 N METHYLADENINE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA ADENINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; GENOMIC DNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PLASMID DNA; POLYADENYLIC ACID; PROTEIN HIA5; PROTEIN HIN1523; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE MU; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE PRODUCT; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HIA5 GENE; HIN1523 GENE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOM GENE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NMA1821 GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHAGE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRUS GENE;

ADENINE; BACTERIOPHAGE MU; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEASE PROTECTION ASSAYS; PROPHAGES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SITE-SPECIFIC DNA-METHYLTRANSFERASE (ADENINE-SPECIFIC); VIRAL PROTEINS;

ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE MU; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE RD KW20; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 84858414949     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkr1039     Document Type: Article

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