Using shotgun sequence data to find active restriction enzyme genes

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Zheng, Yu ^a   Posfai, Janos ^a   Morgan, Richard D ^a   Vincze, Tamas ^a   Roberts, Richard J ^a  

^a NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BINDING SITE; CELL DEATH; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; METHANOCOCCUS; METHANOCOCCUS CAPSULATUS; METHANOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHOTGUN GENE SEQUENCE; EVALUATION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; METHANOCOCCALES; METHODOLOGY; METHYLOCOCCUS CAPSULATUS;

BACILLUS CEREUS ATCC 10987; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METHANOCALDOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; METHYLOCOCCUS CAPSULATUS;

BACILLUS CEREUS; DNA MODIFICATION METHYLASES; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; METHANOCOCCALES; METHYLOCOCCUS CAPSULATUS;

EID: 58549118539     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkn883     Document Type: Article

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