Quantitation of Dam methyltransferase in Escherichia coli
10.1128/jb.174.5.1682-1685.1992
Crossref journal-article
American Society for Microbiology
Journal of Bacteriology (235)
Abstract

An antiserum against Escherichia coli Dam methyltransferase has been developed in rabbits and employed to detect and quantitate the enzyme in immunoblots. A wild-type, rapidly growing E. coli cell (doubling time = 30 min) was found to contain about 130 molecules of Dam methyltransferase.

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Boye, E., Marinus, M. G., & Løbner-Olesen, A. (1992). Quantitation of Dam methyltransferase in Escherichia coli. Journal of Bacteriology, 174(5), 1682–1685.

Authors 3
  1. E Boye (first)
  2. M G Marinus (additional)
  3. A Løbner-Olesen (additional)
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@article{Boye_1992, title={Quantitation of Dam methyltransferase in Escherichia coli}, volume={174}, ISSN={1098-5530}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/jb.174.5.1682-1685.1992}, DOI={10.1128/jb.174.5.1682-1685.1992}, number={5}, journal={Journal of Bacteriology}, publisher={American Society for Microbiology}, author={Boye, E and Marinus, M G and Løbner-Olesen, A}, year={1992}, month=mar, pages={1682–1685} }