Behavior of restriction-modification systems as selfish mobile elements and their impact on genome evolution

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 29, Issue 18, 2001, Pages 3742-3756

  Kobayashi, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; DNA; GUANINE; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM; CELL DEATH; CELL KILLING; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DNA CONTENT; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC SELECTION; INTEGRON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SUPERINFECTION; TRANSPOSON; VIRUS;

EID: 0035883519     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/29.18.3742     Document Type: Article

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