A novel restriction-modification system is responsible for temperature-dependent phage resistance in Listeria monocytogenes ECII

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1995-2004

  Kim, Jae Won ^a   Dutta, Vikrant ^a   Elhanafi, Driss ^a   Lee, Sangmi ^a   Osborne, Jason A ^a   Kathariou, Sophia ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENOMIC ISLANDS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LOW TEMPERATURES; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MONOCYTOGENES; OPEN READING FRAME; QUANTITATIVE REAL TIME PCR; RECOGNITION SITE; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASES; RESTRICTION ENZYMES; RESTRICTION-MODIFICATION; RESTRICTION-MODIFICATION SYSTEMS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT EXPRESSIONS; TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT RESISTANCE; TYPE II;

CLONING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

TRANSCRIPTION;

RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; VIRUS DNA;

BACTERIUM; CLONE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HOMOLOGY; LOW TEMPERATURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; METABOLISM; MUTATION; TEMPERATURE; TRANSPOSON; VIROLOGY;

BACTERIOPHAGES; DNA RESTRICTION-MODIFICATION ENZYMES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, VIRAL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; SEQUENCE DELETION; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 84863230070     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.07086-11     Document Type: Article

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