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Plasmid pEC156, a Naturally Occurring Escherichia coli Genetic Element That Carries Genes of the EcoVIII Restriction-Modification System, Is Mobilizable among Enterobacteria. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Type II restriction-modification systems are ubiquitous in prokaryotes. Some of them are present in naturally occurring plasmids, which may facilitate the spread of these systems in bacterial populations by horizontal gene transfer.
Olesia Werbowy, Tadeusz Kaczorowski
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Characterization of a Novel N4-Methylcytosine Restriction-Modification System in Deinococcus radiodurans. [PDF]
Int J Mol SciShi C +5 more
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BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2011 Background The discovery of restriction endonucleases and modification DNA methyltransferases, key instruments of genetic engineering, opened a new era of molecular biology through development of the recombinant DNA technology.
Solonin Alexander S +2 more
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Restriction-modification systems in Mycoplasma spp
Genetics and Molecular Biology, 2007 Restriction and Modification (R-M) systems are present in all Mycoplasma species sequenced so far. The presence of these genes poses barriers to gene transfer and could protect the cell against phage infections.
Marcelo Brocchi +2 more
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Genetic manipulation of Staphylococci – Breaking through the barrier.
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2012 Most strains of Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis possess a strong restriction barrier that hinders exchange of DNA. Recently, major advances have been made in identifying and characterizing the restriction-modification systems ...
Ian R Monk, Timothy J Foster
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BMC Microbiology, 2008 Background Many microbes possess restriction-modification systems that protect them from parasitic DNA molecules. Unfortunately, the presence of a restriction-modification system in a given microbe also hampers genetic analysis.
Ward Jordan D +3 more
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Interplay Between Bacteriophages and Restriction-Modification Systems in Enterococci
Nova Biotechnologica et Chimica, 2014 The complete genomes of Enterococcus faecalis bacteriophages were analyzed for tetranucleotide words avoidance. Very similar tetranucleotide composition was found in all tested genomes with strong underrepresentation of palindromic GATC and GGCC words ...
Pristas Peter +2 more
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Type II restriction modification system in Ureaplasma parvum OMC-P162 strain. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 Ureaplasma parvum serovar 3 strain, OMC-P162, was isolated from the human placenta of a preterm delivery at 26 weeks' gestation. In this study, we sequenced the complete genome of OMC-P162 and compared it with other serovar 3 strains isolated from ...
Heng Ning Wu +8 more
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Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2022 Anti-restriction proteins are typically encoded by plasmids, conjugative transposons, or phages to improve their chances of entering a new bacterial host with a type I DNA restriction and modification (RM) system.
Huimin Chen +6 more
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Domain movement within a gene: a novel evolutionary mechanism for protein diversification. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 A protein function is carried out by a specific domain localized at a specific position. In the present study, we report that, within a gene, a specific amino acid sequence can move between a certain position and another position.
Yoshikazu Furuta +3 more
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