Restriction-modification systems and bacteriophage invasion: Who wins?

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 266, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 550-559

  Enikeeva, Farida N ^a   Severinov, Konstantin V ^b,c,e   Gelfand, Mikhail S ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS   (Russian Federation)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^d MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^e INSTITUTE OF GENE BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Enzyme activities ratio; Methyltransferase; Pure birth process with killing; Restriction endonuclease

Indexed keywords

ENDONUCLEASE; METHYLTRANSFERASE;

BACTERIOPHAGE; CELL ORGANELLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENOME; MODELING; PROBABILITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; BACTERIOPHAGE; CELL SURVIVAL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHENOMENOLOGY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MODIFICATION SYSTEM;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOPHAGES; DNA RESTRICTION-MODIFICATION ENZYMES; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77955290534     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2010.07.006     Document Type: Article

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