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BREX system of Escherichia coli distinguishes self from non-self by methylation of a specific DNA site
Prokaryotes evolved numerous systems that defend against predation by bacteriophages. In addition to well-known restriction-modification and CRISPR-Cas immunity systems, many poorly characterized systems exist. One class of such systems, named BREX, consists of a putative phosphatase, a methyltransf...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6326788/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30418590 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nar/gky1125 |