N4-methylcytosine as a minor base in bacterial DNA
- 1 March 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Bacteriology
- Vol. 169 (3) , 939-943
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.169.3.939-943.1987
Abstract
The DNA base composition, including the minor base content, of 26 strains of bacteria was determined. The studied bacteria are sources of widely used restriction endonucleases. Approximately 35% of the bacterial DNAs contained N4-methylcytosine, about 60% contained 5-methylcytosine, and about 90% had N6-methyladenine.This publication has 44 references indexed in Scilit:
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