DNA restriction-modification systems mediate plasmid maintenance
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DNA restriction-modification systems mediate plasmid maintenance.
Two plasmid-carried restriction-modification (R-M) systems, EcoRI (from pMB1 of Escherichia coli) and Bsp6I (from pXH13 of Bacillus sp. strain RFL6), enhance plasmid segregational stability in E. coli and Bacillus subtilis, respectively. Inactivation of the endonuclease or the presence of the methylase in trans abolish the stabilizing activity of the R-M systems. We propose that R-M systems med...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Bacteriology
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0021-9193,1098-5530
DOI: 10.1128/jb.177.12.3451-3454.1995