Identification and characterization of a Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum gene encoding a DNA adenine methyltransferase

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 115-119

  Stamm, Lola V ^a   Greene, Shermalyn R ^a   Barnes, Natalie Y ^a   Bergen, Heather L ^a   Hardham, John M ^b  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dam; DNA adenine methyltransferase; DNA methylation; Syphilis; Treponema pallidum

Indexed keywords

DNA ADENINE METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DNA METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SITE-SPECIFIC DNA-METHYLTRANSFERASE (ADENINE-SPECIFIC); SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA; TREPONEMA; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM SUBSP. PALLIDUM;

EID: 0031460128     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00375-3     Document Type: Article

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