Fig. 1. Phylogeny of CcrM methyltransferases from Alphaproteobacteria with other groups of bacteria and archaea.
Fig. 2. Methylation sensitive digestion of plasmid DNA preparations of dam-/dcm- competent E. coli GM2163 transformed with IMCC12053_1885 (A).
Table 1. Sequence motif elements flanking m4C (N 4 -methylcytosine) and m6A (N 6 -methyladenosine) modifications in the IMCC12053 genome
Table 2. Comparison of DNA methyl transferases among some strains from Alphaproteobacteria subdivision
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