Cloning and characterization of the MamI restriction-modification system from Microbacterium ammoniaphilum in Escherichia coli

Gene

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 41-46

  Striebel, Hans Martin ^a   Seeber, Stefan ^b   Jarsch, Michael ^b   Kessler, Christoph ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Class IIN RM system; DNA methyltransferase; mamIR and mamIM sequences; Recombinant DNA; Restriction endonuclease

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA RESTRICTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION SITE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROBACTERIUM AMMONIAPHILUM;

EID: 0029886357     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(96)00189-8     Document Type: Article

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