EcoR124I: From plasmid-encoded restriction-modification system to nanodevice

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 365-377

  Youell, James ^a   Firman, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOR124 ENZYME; ISOENZYME; MODIFICATION ENZYME; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; ISOENZYME ANALYSIS; NANODEVICE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; REVIEW;

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE I SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA RESTRICTION-MODIFICATION ENZYMES; DNA, BACTERIAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NANOSTRUCTURES; PLASMIDS; SITE-SPECIFIC DNA-METHYLTRANSFERASE (ADENINE-SPECIFIC);

EID: 44949201261     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MMBR.00043-07     Document Type: Review

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