Antisense RNA associated with biological regulation of a restriction-modification system

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 39, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 5622-5632

  Mruk, Iwona ^a,b   Liu, Yaoping ^b,c   Ge, Liying ^b   Kobayashi, Ichizo ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

^b Graduate School of Frontier Sciences   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CELL KILLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA RESTRICTION; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE ECORI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA, ANTISENSE; SITE-SPECIFIC DNA-METHYLTRANSFERASE (ADENINE-SPECIFIC); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79960453864     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkr166     Document Type: Article

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