The type IC hsd loci of the enterobacteria are flanked by DNA with high homology to the phage P1 genome: Implications for the evolution and spread of DNA restriction systems

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 729-736

  Tyndall, Chiara ^a   Lehnherr, Hansjörg ^a,b   Sandmeier, Ursula ^a   Kulik, Eva ^a   Bickle, Thomas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE P1; DNA RESTRICTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ENTEROBACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031016022     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.2531622.x     Document Type: Article

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