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Protein Ontology Report - fam:RMsystem

PR:000050196 - http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PR_000050196
Ontology Information
PRO ID PR:000050196 Show OBO stanza
PRO name DNA restriction-modification system protein
Synonyms
PRO-short-label: fam:RMsystem
Definition A protein that is involved in a defense process that protects the organism from invading foreign DNA by cleaving it with a restriction endonuclease. The organism's own DNA is protected by methylation of a specific nucleotide, which occurs immediately following replication, in the same target site as the restriction enzyme. [GO:0009307, GOC:jl, PRO:DAN]
PRO Category family
Parent PR:000000001 protein
Term Hierarchy Visualization DAG     OLS     Cytoscape

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