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. 1988 Jul 25;16(14A):6649–6658. doi: 10.1093/nar/16.14.6649

Chimeric multispecific DNA methyltransferases with novel combinations of target recognition.

T A Trautner 1, T S Balganesh 1, B Pawlek 1
PMCID: PMC338320  PMID: 3041380

Abstract

DNA target recognizing domains of different multispecific DNA-cytosine-methyltransferases can be rearranged through engineering of the corresponding genes to generate enzymes with novel combinations of target recognition.

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