M-SMAL IS AN N4-METHYLCYTOSINE SPECIFIC DNA-METHYLASE

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作者
KLIMASAUSKAS, S [1 ]
STEPONAVICIENE, D [1 ]
MANELIENE, Z [1 ]
PETRUSYTE, M [1 ]
BUTKUS, V [1 ]
JANULAITIS, A [1 ]
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[1] INST APPL ENZYMOL,FERMENTU 8,VILNIUS 232028,LITHUANIA,USSR
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10.1093/nar/18.22.6607
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
An enzymatic activity rendering DNA immune to the action of the Smal restriction endonuclease in the presence of S-adenosyl-L-methionine has been detected in Serratla marcescens Sb. This methylase, M.Smal, modifies the second cytosine residue of the substrate sequence CCCGGG yielding N4-methylcytosine. © 1990 Oxford University Press.
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