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A newly isolated group B1 bacteriophage, Halophage S45, is restricted and modified in vivo by strains ofHalobacterium. Three strain-specific activities have been observed. Two of these occur in the same bacterial strain and appear to be due to different kinds of enzymatic activities. One of the restriction specificities is shown to be associated with a strain-specific endonuclease active on unmodified halobacterial DNA.
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Daniels, L.L., Wais, A.C. Restriction and modification of Halophage S45 inHalobacterium . Current Microbiology 10, 133–136 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01576773
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