5-Azacytidine-resistant mutants of Chlorella virus IL-3A.

doi:10.1016/0042-6822(90)90261-o

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5-Azacytidine-resistant mutants of Chlorella virus IL-3A.

Virology - 1 May 1990

Burbank D E, Shields S L, Schuster A M, Van Etten J L

Abstract excerpt

Many dsDNA-containing viruses which infect the unicellular, eukaryotic Chlorella-like green alga strain NC64A encode for DNA methyltransferases and DNA site-specific (restriction) endonucleases. We have hypothesized that these endonucleases help degrade host DNA permitting deoxynucleotides to rec...

Topics

Azacitidine
Chlorella
DNA Replication
DNA, Viral
Drug Resistance, Microbial
Mutation
Virus Replication
Viruses

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