Plasmids 101: Methylation and Restriction Enzymes
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Blog Post
Published
June 30, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
... Methylases involved with these processes (for example Dam and Dcm methylases) are independent from the...conversely, activating enzymes such as DpnI.
For example, cleavage by XbaI may be blocked due to methylation...those sites will be methylated. Using the same example plasmid as above (which has the XbaI site blocked...methylation by altering your choice of bacteria. For example, if you must use a restriction site that will be...produce DNA that is unmethylated at those sites. Please keep in mind that dam-/dcm- strains may have an...