Mobility of a restriction-modification system revealed by its genetic contexts in three hosts

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 184, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 2411-2419

  Naderer, Marc ^a   Brust, Jessica R ^a   Knowle, Dieter ^a   Blumenthal, Robert M ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN SBAI; PROTEIN SPTAI; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEUS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DNA RESTRICTION-MODIFICATION ENZYMES; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; EVOLUTION; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; PROTEUS VULGARIS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SITE-SPECIFIC DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE (CYTOSINE-SPECIFIC);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PROTEUS VULGARIS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

EID: 0036226256     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.9.2411-2419.2002     Document Type: Article

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