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Comparative Study
. 1988 Dec 25;74(1):9-12.
doi: 10.1016/0378-1119(88)90238-7.

Cloning of a mammalian DNA methyltransferase

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Comparative Study

Cloning of a mammalian DNA methyltransferase

T H Bestor. Gene. .

Abstract

Cloning and sequencing of cDNA clones has shown that mammalian DNA (cytosine-5)-methyltransferase comprises a 1000-amino acid (aa) N-terminal region of unknown function and a 570-aa C-terminal region that is clearly related to bacterial type-II cytosine restriction methyltransferases. These findings indicate that the mammalian enzyme contains at least two structural domains and suggest a common evolutionary origin for mammalian and prokaryotic DNA (cytosine-5)-methyltransferases.

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