Cloning and expression of the ApaLI, NspI, NspHI, SacI, ScaI, and SapI restriction-modification systems in Escherichia coli

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 260, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 226-231

  Xu, S Y ^a   Xiao, J P ^a   Ettwiller, L ^a   Holden, M ^b   Aliotta, J ^c   Poh, C L ^d   Dalton, M ^a   Robinson, D P ^a   Petronzio, T R ^a   Moran, L ^a   Ganatra, M ^a   Ware, J ^a   Slatko, B ^a   Benner, J ^a  

^a NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Gene expression; Methylase selection; Recombinant DNA; Restriction endonuclease

Indexed keywords

BETA FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; CYTOSINE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA METHYLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTOSINE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA MODIFICATION METHYLASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 15644371357     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050890     Document Type: Article

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