Molecular characterization of the lactococcal plasmid pCIS3: Natural stacking of specificity subunits of a type I restriction/modification system in a single lactococcal strain

Microbiology

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 435-443

  Seegers, Jos F M L ^a   Van Sinderen, Douwe ^a   Fitzgerald, Gerald F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cobalt resistance; Lactococcus lactis; Magnesium transport; Modification; Restriction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS;

EID: 0033974442     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-146-2-435     Document Type: Article

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