Roles of DNA adenine methylation in regulating bacterial gene expression and virulence

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 7197-7204

  Low, D A ^a   Weyand, N J ^a   Mahan, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA ADENINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BINDING SITE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DNA BINDING; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SALMONELLA; SHORT SURVEY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIA; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SITE-SPECIFIC DNA-METHYLTRANSFERASE (ADENINE-SPECIFIC); VIRULENCE;

EID: 0035189042     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.12.7197-7204.2001     Document Type: Short Survey

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