Temperate Myxococcus xanthus phage Mx8 encodes a DNA adenine methylase, Mox

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 4254-4263

  Magrini, Vincent ^a   Salmi, Daniel ^a   Thomas, David ^a   Herbert, Stephen K ^a   Hartzell, Patricia L ^a   Youderian, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE DNA; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIOPHAGE; CELL CYCLE; CELL INTERACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST CELL; MYXOCOCCALES; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIOPHAGE MX8; CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES; MYXOCOCCALES; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

EID: 0030760869     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.13.4254-4263.1997     Document Type: Article

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