Evidence for an evolutionary antagonism between Mrr and Type III modification systems

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 39, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 5991-6001

  Tesfazgi Mebrhatu, Mehari ^a   Wywial, Ewa ^b   Ghosh, Anirban ^a   Michiels, Chris W ^a   Lindner, Ariel B ^c   Taddei, Franois ^c   Bujnicki, Janusz M ^b,d   Van Melderen, Laurence ^e   Aertsen, Abram ^a,c,e  

^a LEUVEN FOOD SCIENCE AND NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTRE LFORCE   (Belgium)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN MRR; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE TYPE III; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; EPIGENETICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTOXICITY; MOD GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE III SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA MODIFICATION METHYLASES; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 80051743260     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkr219     Document Type: Article

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