Naturally-occurring, dually-functional fusions between restriction endonucleases and regulatory proteins

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Liang, Jixiao ^a   Blumenthal, Robert M ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

C protein; Fused genes; Gene regulation; Regulatory evolution; Restriction endonuclease; Restriction modification systems

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FLOW; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

DNA (CYTOSINE 5) METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA MODIFICATION METHYLASE PVUII; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BACTEROIDETES; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; ARTICLE;

BACTEROIDETES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA MODIFICATION METHYLASES; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; DNA RESTRICTION-MODIFICATION ENZYMES; DNA-CYTOSINE METHYLASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84884787638     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-13-218     Document Type: Article

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