Molecular characterization of the restriction endonuclease gene (scrFIR) associated with the ScrFI restriction/modification system from Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris UC503

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2277-2286

  Twomey, Denis P ^a,b   Gabillet, Nathalie ^a   Daly, Charles ^a   Fitzgerald, Gerald F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage resistance; Endonuclease; Lactic acid bacteria; Methyltransferase

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLCYTOSINE; CYTOSINE; ISOENZYME; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS SUBSP. CREMORIS; SHIGELLA SONNEI; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0030788728     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-7-2277     Document Type: Article

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