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Restriction and modification in B. subtilis

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Restriction and modification observed in Bacillus subtilis strain “R” affects infection and transfection with phages SPP1, ϕ105 and SPO2, but not with SP8, ϕ29, SP82, SP50, H1 or PBS1. It affects also PBS1 mediated transduction, but not transformation with bacterial DNA. The marker(s) determining restriction/modification map between the origin of replication of the B. subtilis chromosome and purA16.

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  1. Max-Planck-Institut für molekulare Genetik, Berlin, Germany

    Thomas A. Trautner & Brigitte Pawlek

  2. Department of Molecular Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland

    Sierd Bron

  3. Centre de Génétique Moléculaire C.N.R.S., Gif-sur-Yvette, France

    Constantine Anagnostopoulos

  4. Institute of Genetics, State University of Groningen, Haren (Gn), The Netherlands

    Sierd Bron

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Trautner, T.A., Pawlek, B., Bron, S. et al. Restriction and modification in B. subtilis . Molec. Gen. Genet. 131, 181–191 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00267958

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