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Regulation of the activity of the type IC EcoR124I restriction enzyme.
Journal of molecular biology - 20 Dec 1996
Kulik E M, Bickle T A
Abstract excerpt
Restriction-modification (R-M) systems must regulate the expression of their genes so that the chromosomal genome is modified at all times by the methyltransferase to protect the host cell from the potential lethal action of the cognate restriction endonuclease. Since type I R-M systems can be transferred to non-modified Escherichia coli cells by conjugation or transformation without killing the recipient, they...
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