The EcoKI type I restriction-modification system in Escherichia coli affects but is not an absolute barrier for conjugation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 197, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 337-342

  Roer, Louise ^a   Aarestrup, Frank M ^a   Hasman, Henrik ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HSDR GENE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; WILD TYPE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12;

CONJUGATION, GENETIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; PLASMIDS;

EID: 84919683126     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.02418-14     Document Type: Article

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