Cloning and characterization of the lactococcal plasmid-encoded type II restriction/modification system, LlaDII

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 2424-2431

  Madsen, Annette ^a   Josephsen, Jytte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDONUCLEASE; METHYLTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; ISOSCHIZOMER; LACTOCOCCUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACILLUS SP.; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS SUBSP. CREMORIS; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031841221     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.7.2424-2431.1998     Document Type: Article

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