Structures of Escherichia coli DNA adenine methyltransferase (Dam) in complex with a non-GATC sequence: Potential implications for methylation-independent transcriptional repression

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 4296-4308

  Horton, John R ^a   Zhang, Xing ^a   Blumenthal, Robert M ^b   Cheng, Xiaodong ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA ADENINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL DNA; DAM PROTEIN, E COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; SITE SPECIFIC DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE (ADENINE SPECIFIC);

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PAP OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; NEGIBACTERIA;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SITE-SPECIFIC DNA-METHYLTRANSFERASE (ADENINE-SPECIFIC);

EID: 84930216291     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkv251     Document Type: Article

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