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restriction-modification system: a standalone construct

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Microbiology

a bacterial defense in which enzymes cut foreign DNA while the cell's own DNA is protected by modification.

In microbiology, restriction-modification system refers to a bacterial defense in which enzymes cut foreign DNA while the cell's own DNA is protected by modification. This meaning comes from Arber (1962) in Journal of Molecular Biology.[1]

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References

Arber, W., & Dussoix, D. (1962). Host specificity of DNA produced by Escherichia coli: I. Host controlled modification of bacteriophage λ. Journal of Molecular Biology, 5(1), 18-36. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-2836(62)80058-8

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