Type I restriction systems: Sophisticated molecular machines (a legacy of Bertani and Weigle)

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 412-434

  Murray, Noreen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

DNA; TYPE II SITE SPECIFIC DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE;

CHROMOSOME; CLASSIFICATION; DNA BINDING; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

EID: 0034130457     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MMBR.64.2.412-434.2000     Document Type: Review

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