Stability of DNA repeats in Escherichia coli dam mutant strains indicates a Dam methylation-dependent DNA deletion process

Gene

Volumn 258, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 95-108

  Troester, Helmut ^a   Bub, Sabine ^a   Hunziker, Andreas ^a   Trendelenburg, Michael F ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cloning; Plasmid; Short direct DNA repeat; Stabilization of repetitive DNA

Indexed keywords

REPETITIVE DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPAIR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE REARRANGEMENT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA METHYLATION; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; DNA RESTRICTION-MODIFICATION ENZYMES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; REC A RECOMBINASES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE DELETION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SITE-SPECIFIC DNA-METHYLTRANSFERASE (ADENINE-SPECIFIC); TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0034722625     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(00)00420-0     Document Type: Article

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