Computational identification of novel biochemical systems involved in oxidation, glycosylation and other complex modifications of bases in DNA

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 41, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 7635-7655

  Iyer, Lakshminarayan M ^a   Zhang, Dapeng ^a   Maxwell Burroughs, A ^a   Aravind, L ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ALPHA GLUTAMYLTHYMINE; ALPHA PUTRESCINYLTHYMINE; DNA BASE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; J BASE GENERATING GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN DAM; PROTEIN DCM; PROTEIN MOM; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; PYRIMIDINE HYDROXYMETHYLASE; QUEUINE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; THIAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; DIOXYGENASE; DNA; DRUG DERIVATIVE; TERMINASE; THYMINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIOPHAGE; BASIDIOMYCETES; DNA GLYCOSYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA OXIDATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; DNA VIRUS; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GREEN ALGA; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; STRAMENOPILE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GLYCOSYLATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIOPHAGES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DIOXYGENASES; DNA; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GLYCOSYLATION; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; THYMINE;

EID: 84886810542     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt573     Document Type: Article

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