Bacterial Toxin-antitoxin Systems as Molecular Biology Tools
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...mazF gene and a gene for Zeocin resistance (Figure 2). This MazF-ZeoR cassette is flanked by two direct...nucleotide sequences. To counter this, methyltransferases add methyl groups to bases at specific nucleotide...more stable than the methyltransferase. When a plasmid is lost, the methyltransferase is degraded and/or...composed of restriction endonucleases and methyltransferases. Restriction endonucleases cleave DNA at ...the cell grows resulting in the appearance of unmethylated sites in the chromosome. The more stable endonuclease...