LlaFI, a type III restriction and modification system in Lactococcus lactis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 686-693

  Su, Ping ^a,b   Im, Heejeong ^b   Hsieh, Hsiaoling ^b   Kang'a, Simon ^b   Dunn, Noel W ^b  

^a Environmental Resources Management   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HELICASE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA RESTRICTION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; TRANSPOSON;

LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0033020388     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.2.686-693.1999     Document Type: Article

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