Formation of DNA methylation patterns: Nonmethylated GATC sequences in gut and pap operons

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 22, 1998, Pages 5913-5920

  Van Der Woude, Marjan ^a,b   Hale, W Bradley ^a   Low, David A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CYCLIC AMP BINDING PROTEIN; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SORBITOL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRESSOR GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031766709     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.22.5913-5920.1998     Document Type: Article

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