DNA phosphorothioation in <it>Streptomyces lividans</it>: mutational analysis of the <it>dnd </it>locus

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>A novel DNA phosphorothioate modification (DNA sulfur modification), in which one of the non-bridging oxygen atoms in the phosphodiester bond linking DNA nucleotides is exchanged by sulphur, was found to be genetically determined by...

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Main Authors: Xu Zhongli, Li Aiying, Wang Zhijun, You Delin, He Xinyi, Wang Lianrong, Chen Shi, Liang Jingdan, Xu Tiegang, Zhou Xiufen, Deng Zixin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-02-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/9/41