Helicobacter pylori DprA alleviates restriction barrier for incoming DNA

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 3274-3288

  Dwivedi, Gajendradhar R ^a   Sharma, Eshita ^a,b   Rao, Desirazu N ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA PROTEIN PROCESSING A; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; METHYLTRANSFERASE; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA TRANSFORMATION COMPETENCE; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 84876392851     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt024     Document Type: Article

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