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S Hattman, J Wilkinson, D Swinton, S Schlagman, P M Macdonald, G Mosig.
Abstract
We compared the known DNA nucleotide and encoded amino acid sequences of the Escherichia coli and bacteriophage T4 dam (DNA-adenine methyltransferase) genes. Despite the absence of any DNA sequence homology, there were four regions (11 to 33 residues long) of amino acid sequence homology containing 45 to 64% identity. These results suggest that the genes for these two enzymes have a common evolutionary origin.Entities:
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Year: 1985 PMID: 3902803 PMCID: PMC214344 DOI: 10.1128/jb.164.2.932-937.1985
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Bacteriol ISSN: 0021-9193 Impact factor: 3.490