Localization of the type I restriction-modification enzyme EcoKI in the bacterial cell

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 270, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 46-51

  Holubová, Inge ^a   Vejsadová, Štepánka ^a   Weiserová, Marie ^a   Firman, Keith ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Membrane associated proteins; Protein localisation; Restriction modification; Spheroplast; Subcellular fraction

Indexed keywords

BENZONASE; DNA; ENDONUCLEASE; ENZYME; METHYLTRANSFERASE; TRYPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME RELEASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHEROPLAST;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034595072     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2000.2375     Document Type: Article

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