Kinetic analysis of Yersinia pestis DNA adenine methyltransferase activity using a hemimethylated molecular break light oligonucleotide.

<h4>Background</h4>DNA adenine methylation plays an important role in several critical bacterial processes including mismatch repair, the timing of DNA replication and the transcriptional control of gene expression. The dependence of bacterial virulence on DNA adenine methyltransferase (...

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Main Authors: Robert J Wood, Michael D Maynard-Smith, Victoria L Robinson, Petra C F Oyston, Rick W Titball, Peter L Roach
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-08-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000801