Very short patch repair: Reducing the cost of cytosine methylation

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 467-473

  Lieb, Margaret ^a   Bhagwat, Ashok S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; DNA POLYMERASE; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHASE;

DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0029925165     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.5291066.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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