Growth Repression of Yeast and Fungus by Bacterial DNAs: A Possible Physiological Function of DNA Other than as a Carriage of Genetic Information

Journal of Fermentation and Bioengineering

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 524-527

  Matsutani, Keiko ^a   Fukuda, Yasuki ^a   Yajima, Norio ^b   Hashimoto, Wataru ^c   Murata, Kousaku ^c  

^a Chukyo Junior College   (Japan)

^b Asama Chemical Co Ltd   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacterial DNA; Cell proliferation; CpG motif; DNA

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; COLIFORM BACTERIA; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; DNA; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; OLIGOMERS; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); YEAST;

CYTOSINE; DEPOLYMERIZATION; METHYLATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES;

PLANT CELL CULTURE;

EID: 0031344654     PISSN: 0922338X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0922-338X(97)81905-8     Document Type: Article

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