Cloning and characterization of the BglII restriction-modification system reveals a possible evolutionary footprint

Gene

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-27

  Anton, Brian P ^a   Heiter, Daniel F ^a   Benner, Jack S ^a   Hess, Emma J ^a   Greenough, Lucia ^a   Moran, Laurie S ^a   Slatko, Barton E ^a   Brooks, Joan E ^a  

^a NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus globigii; C element; Endonuclease; Methyltransferase; Nucleotide sequence; Protein purification

Indexed keywords

DNA; METHYLTRANSFERASE; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BGLII ENDONUCLEASE; DNA MODIFICATION METHYLASE BGLII, BACILLUS SUBTILIS; PRIMER DNA; SITE SPECIFIC DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE (ADENINE SPECIFIC); TYPE II SITE SPECIFIC DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; GENE ISOLATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; CHEMISTRY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE COMPOSITION; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA PRIMERS; DNA RESTRICTION-MODIFICATION ENZYMES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SITE-SPECIFIC DNA-METHYLTRANSFERASE (ADENINE-SPECIFIC);

EID: 0030615227     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(96)00638-5     Document Type: Article

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