The XmnI restriction-modification system: Cloning, expression, sequence organization and similarity between the R and M genes

Gene

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 121-127

  Nwankwo, Donald O ^a   Lynch, James J ^a   Moran, Laurie S ^a   Fomenkov, Aleksei ^a   Slatko, Barton E ^a  

^a NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS   (United States)

Author keywords

Endonuclease; Evolution; Methyltransferase; Overexpression; Xanthomonas manihotis 7AS1

Indexed keywords

METHYLTRANSFERASE; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; STOP CODON; XANTHOMONAS;

EID: 0030590370     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(96)00062-5     Document Type: Article

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