Methylation-dependent DNA restriction in Bacillus anthracis

Gene

Volumn 494, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 44-50

  Sitaraman, Ramakrishnan ^a,b   Leppla, Stephen H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b TERI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bacillus anthracis; Methylation; Plasmids; Restriction; Transformation

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLCYTOSINE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL ENZYME; MCRB2P PROTEIN; MCRB3P PROTEIN; MCRBP PROTEIN; MRR PROTEIN; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; DNA RESTRICTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE LOCUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENINE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CYTOSINE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; PLASMIDS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS;

EID: 84856120892     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: 18790038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2011.11.061     Document Type: Article

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