A nomenclature for restriction enzymes, DNA methyltransferases, homing endonucleases and their genes

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1805-1812

  Roberts, Richard J ^al   Belfort, Marlene ^a   Bestor, Timothy ^b   Bhagwat, Ashok S ^c   Bickle, Thomas A ^d   Bitinaite, Jurate ^al   Blumenthal, Robert M ^e   Degtyarev, Sergey Kh ^f   Dryden, David T F ^g   Dybvig, Kevin ^h   Firman, Keith ⁱ   Gromova, Elizaveta S ^j   Gumport, Richard I ^k   Halford, Stephen E ^l   Hattman, Stanley ^m   Heitman, Joseph ⁿ   Hornby, David P ^o   Janulaitis, Arvydas ^p   Jeltsch, Albert ^q   Josephsen, Jytte ^r   Kiss, Antal ^s   Klaenhammer, Todd R ^t   Kobayashi, Ichizo ^u   Kong, Huimin ^al   Krüger, Detlev H ^v   Lacks, Sanford ^w   Marinus, Martin G ^x   Miyahara, Michiko ^y   Morgan, Richard D ^al   Murray, Noreen E ^g   Nagaraja, Valakunja ^z   Piekarowicz, Andrzej ^aa   Pingoud, Alfred ^q   Raleigh, Elisabeth ^al   Rao, Desirazu N ^z   Reich, Norbert ^ab   Repin, Vladimir E ^ac   Selker, Eric U ^ad   Shaw, Pang Chui ^ae   Stein, Daniel C ^af   Stoddard, Barry L ^ag   Szybalski, Waclaw ^ah   Trautner, Thomas A ^ai   Van Etten, James L ^aj   Vitor, Jorge M B ^ak   Wilson, Geoffrey G ^al   Xu, Shuang Yong ^al   more..

^a NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^e MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^f SibEnzyme   (Russian Federation)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^j MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^k UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^m UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

ⁿ DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^p VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^q JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^r UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^s INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Hungary)

^t NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^u UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^v HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^w BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^x UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^y NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^z INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^ac STATE RESEARCH CENTER OF VIROLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY VECTOR   (Russian Federation)

^ad UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^ae CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^af UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^ag Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^ah UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^ai MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^aj UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^ak RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR MEDICINES IMED ULISBOA   (Portugal)

^al NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; ENDONUCLEASE; GENE PRODUCT; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL GENETICS; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE DATABASE;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; METHYLTRANSFERASES; TERMINOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0037389511     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkg274     Document Type: Review

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