Sequence Comparison of the EcoHK311 and Eael Restriction-Modification Systems Suggests an Intergenic Transfer of Genetic Material

Biological Chemistry Hoppe-Seyler

Volumn 379, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 437-442

  Lee, Kai Fai ^a   Shaw, Pang Chui ^a   Picone, Steven J ^b   Wilson, Geoffrey G ^b   Lunnen, Keith D ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE EAEI; TYPE II SITE SPECIFIC DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; DNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; BACTERIAL GENE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031596401     PISSN: 01773593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/bchm.1998.379.4-5.437     Document Type: Article

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