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. 1997 Jun 15;25(12):2301–2302. doi: 10.1093/nar/25.12.2301

BstAPI, an ApaBI isoschizomer, cleaves DNA at 5'-GCANNNN NTGC-3'.

M A Abdurashitov 1, O A Belichenko 1, A V Shevchenko 1, V S Dedkov 1, S K Degtyarev 1
PMCID: PMC146741  PMID: 9171079

Abstract

Cleavage positions of Bst API, a new restriction endonuclease (ENase) that recognizes palindromic interrupted DNA sequence, have been determined. Recognition sequences and cleavage sites comparison shows that Bst API shares similarity with a number of type II restriction enzymes.

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