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Evidence for an evolutionary antagonism between Mrr and Type III modification systems

The Mrr protein of Escherichia coli is a laterally acquired Type IV restriction endonuclease with specificity for methylated DNA. While Mrr nuclease activity can be elicited by high-pressure stress in E. coli MG1655, its (over)expression per se does not confer any obvious toxicity. In this study, ho...

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Autores principales: Tesfazgi Mebrhatu, Mehari, Wywial, Ewa, Ghosh, Anirban, Michiels, Chris W., Lindner, Ariel B., Taddei, François, Bujnicki, Janusz M., Van Melderen, Laurence, Aertsen, Abram
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3152355/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21504983
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkr219