The DNA adenine methyltransferase (dam+) gene of bacteriophage T4 reverses the mutator phenotype of an Escherichia coli dam mutant.

doi:10.1128/jb.172.5.2812-2813.1990

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The DNA adenine methyltransferase (dam+) gene of bacteriophage T4 reverses the mutator phenotype of an Escherichia coli dam mutant.

Journal of bacteriology - 1 May 1990

Hall R M

Abstract excerpt

The mutator phenotype of Escherichia coli dam mutants was found to be reversed by introduction of the bacteriophage T4 gene for DNA adenine methyltransferase. This precludes a direct role for the E. coli DNA adenine methyltransferase in mismatch repair, in addition to its role in strand discrimin...

Topics

Cloning, Molecular
Escherichia coli
Escherichia coli Proteins
Genes, Viral
Methyltransferases
Mutation
Phenotype
Plasmids
Site-Specific DNA-Methyltransferase (Adenine-Specific)
T-Phages
Viral Proteins
Viral Structural Proteins

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