Sau421, a Bcgl-like restriction-modification system encoded by the Staphylococcus aureus quandruple-converting phage Φ42

Microbiology

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1301-1311

  Dempsey, Rita M ^a,d   Carroll, David ^a,e   Kong, Huimin ^b,f   Higgins, Lauren ^b   Keane, Conor T ^c   Coleman, David C ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS   (United States)

^c ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^d DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^f BioHelix   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL EXTRACT; ENDONUCLEASE; HEMOLYSIN; INTEGRASE; MAGNESIUM ION; PLASMID VECTOR; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN A; STAPHYLOKINASE; TYPE II SITE SPECIFIC DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS COAGULANS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIOLYSIS; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CONVERSION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; LYSOGENIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMBINANT PLASMID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROTYPE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAP; CLASSIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENE;

BACILLUS COAGULANS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA RESTRICTION-MODIFICATION ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, VIRAL; LYSOGENY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGES;

EID: 17644395234     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.27646-0     Document Type: Article

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