Combinational variation of restriction modification specificities in Lactococcus lactis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 169-178

  Schouler, Catherine ^a   Gautier, Michel ^a,b   Ehrlich, S Dusko ^a   Chopin, Marie Christine ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b ENSA Chaire Technol Produits A   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTION; HOST RESISTANCE; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOPHAGES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA RESTRICTION-MODIFICATION ENZYMES; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENES, BACTERIAL; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0031899523     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00787.x     Document Type: Article

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