Table 3

REase enzymes cutting HSV-2 genome in 700 or more times

Enzyme name
Genomic splices (palindrome)

1BmyI*
773 (gdgch/c)
2Bsp1286I*+#
773 (gdgch/c)
3Bst2UI*+
824 (cc/wgg)
4BstNI*+#
824 (cc/wgg)
5BstOI*+
824 (cc/wgg)
6EcoRII*+#
824 (/ccwgg)
7HgaI*+#
831 (gacgc)
8MvaI*+#
824 (cc/wgg)
9SduI*+#
773 (gdgch/c)

*Type II restriction enzyme subtype: P; +commercially available; #Enzyme gene cloned 1–9 Source of REase: Bacillus mycoides [21], Bacillus sphaericus [22], Bacillus stearothermophilus 2U, Bacillus stearothermophilus [23], Bacillus stearothermophilus O22, Escherichia coli R245 [24], Haemophilus gallinarum [25] Micrococcus varians RFL19 [26] and Streptococcus durans RFL3[27]

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