Restriction endonuclease activity in Clostridium thermocellum and Clostridium thermosaccharolyticum

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 45, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 127-131

  Klapatch, T R ^a   Demain, A L ^b   Lynd, L R ^a,c  

^a Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CLOSTRIDIUM; DNA METHYLATION; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDONUCLEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROTOPLASTS;

CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM; CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM ATCC 27405; ESCHERICHIA COLI; THERMOANAEROBACTERIUM THERMOSACCHAROLYTICUM;

EID: 0030004499     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002530050659     Document Type: Article

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