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A putative DNA adenine methyltransferase is involved in Yersinia pseudotuberculosis pathogenicity.

Hypervariation and phase variation in the bacteriophage 'resistome'.

A rapid and efficient method for cloning genes of type II restriction-modification systems by use of a killer plasmid.

Genomic methylation: a tool for typing Helicobacter pylori isolates.

A novel restriction-modification system from Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria encodes a m4C-methyltransferase and a nonfunctional restriction endonuclease.

Restrictase free generation of targeting vectors for disruption of complex mouse genes.

Rapid determination of hospital-acquired meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus lineages.

Evolution of DNA double-strand break repair by gene conversion: coevolution between a phage and a restriction-modification system.

Insertion of a homing endonuclease creates a genes-in-pieces ribonucleotide reductase that retains function.

Genetic diversity of the HpyC1I restriction modification system in Helicobacter pylori.

Erythromycin resistance-conferring plasmid pRSB105, isolated from a sewage treatment plant, harbors a new macrolide resistance determinant, an integron-containing Tn402-like element, and a large region of unknown function.

Evidence for type III restriction and modification systems in Mycoplasma pulmonis.

Differential dependence on DNA ligase of type II restriction enzymes: a practical way toward ligase-free DNA automaton.

Plasmid-encoded antirestriction protein ArdA can discriminate between type I methyltransferase and complete restriction-modification system.

[The Sse9I restriction-modification system: organization of genes and comparative analysis of proteins structures]

[Gene cloning, comparative analysis of the protein structures from Fsp4HI restriction-modification system and biochemical characterization of the recombinant DNA methyltransferase].

DNA structural deformations in the interaction of the controller protein C.AhdI with its operator sequence.

The restriction endonuclease R.NmeDI from Neisseria meningitidis that recognizes a palindromic sequence and cuts the DNA on both sides of the recognition sequence.

Regulatory circuit based on autogenous activation-repression: roles of C-boxes and spacer sequences in control of the PvuII restriction-modification system.

DNA-methyltransferase SsoII as a bifunctional protein: features of the interaction with the promoter region of SsoII restriction-modification genes.