Evidence for type III restriction and modification systems in Mycoplasma pulmonis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2197-2202

  Dybvig, Kevin ^a   Cao, Z ^a   French, C Todd ^a   Yu, Huilan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TYPE III SITE SPECIFIC DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENE CASSETTE; GENE DISRUPTION; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MYCOPLASMA PULMONIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; DNA RESTRICTION-MODIFICATION ENZYMES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ENDONUCLEASES; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; MICE; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MYCOPLASMA PULMONIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

MYCOPLASMA PULMONIS;

EID: 33947144583     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01669-06     Document Type: Article

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