Structure and substrate recognition of the Escherichia coli DNA adenine methyltransferase.

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Published in J Mol Biol on February 28, 2006

Authors

John R Horton1, Kirsten Liebert, Miklos Bekes, Albert Jeltsch, Xiaodong Cheng

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, 1510 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.

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