A rapid and efficient method for cloning genes of type II restriction-modification systems by use of a killer plasmid

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 4286-4293

  Mruk, Iwona ^a   Kaczorowski, Tadeusz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC LIBRARY; RESTRICTION-MODIFICATION (R-M) SYSTEMS;

BACTERIA; DNA; GENES;

CLONING;

DNA; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; TYPE II SITE SPECIFIC DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE;

DNA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOMICS; PLASMID; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CITROBACTER; ENZYME MODIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MTASE GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; RESTRICTION MODIFICATION SYSTEM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; BASE SEQUENCE; CITROBACTER; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA RESTRICTION-MODIFICATION ENZYMES; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SITE-SPECIFIC DNA-METHYLTRANSFERASE (ADENINE-SPECIFIC);

CITROBACTER; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS;

EID: 34447510000     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00119-07     Document Type: Article

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