Coupling of methyl coenzyme M reduction with carbon dioxide activation in extracts of Methanobacterium

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Sequence-specific Labeling of Nucleic Acids and Proteins with Methyltransferases and Cofactor Analogues
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Sequence-specific Labeling of Nucleic Acids and Proteins with Methyltransferases and Cofactor Analogues

Published on: November 22, 2014

J A Romesser, R S Wolfe

    Journal of Bacteriology
    |November 1, 1982
    PubMed

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