DNA methylation in lysogens of pathogenic Burkholderia spp. requires prophage induction and is restricted to excised phage DNA

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1196-1200

  Smith, M J ^a   Jeddeloh, J A ^a,b  

^a Orion Genomics   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE DNA; CYTOSINE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE; BURKHOLDERIA MALLEI; DNA METHYLATION; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPLICATION; ENZYME INDUCTION; EPISOME; EXCISION REPAIR; GENE EXPRESSION; LYSOGENIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVIRUS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; VIRUS GENE;

BACTERIOPHAGES; BASE SEQUENCE; BURKHOLDERIA; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, VIRAL; LYSOGENY; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA MALLEI; BURKHOLDERIA THAILANDENSIS; NEGIBACTERIA; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 13244291337     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.3.1196-1200.2005     Document Type: Article

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