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Genomic methylation: a tool for typing Helicobacter pylori isolates.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Jul 2007
Vale Filipa F, Vítor Jorge M B
Abstract excerpt
The genome sequences of three Helicobacter pylori strains revealed an abundant number of putative restriction and modification (R-M) systems within a small genome (1.60 to 1.67 Mb). Each R-M system includes an endonuclease that cleaves a specific DNA sequence and a DNA methyltransferase that methylates either adenosine or cytosine within the same DNA sequence. These are believed to be a defense mechanism,...
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