Dam-like methylation in legionellae

Current Microbiology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 64-66

  Lema, Michael W ^a   Brown, Arnold ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WJB Dorn VA Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA ADENINE METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; DNA METHYLATION; LEGIONELLA; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DNA, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA; METHYLATION; PLASMIDS; SITE-SPECIFIC DNA-METHYLTRANSFERASE (ADENINE-SPECIFIC); SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEGIONELLA;

EID: 0030034888     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002849900011     Document Type: Article

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