Cytosine methylation is not the major factor inducing CpG dinucleotide deficiency in bacterial genomes

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 692-700

  Wang, Yong ^a,c   Rocha, Eduardo P C ^b   Leung, Frederick C C ^a   Danchin, Antoine ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c HKU PASTEUR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bacterial genomes; C5 methyltransferase; C5 specific methylation; CpG deficiency; GC content; Recognition sites

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; CYTOSINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; DINUCLEOTIDE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; NUCLEOTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CODON; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CPG ISLAND; GENOME ANALYSIS; METHYLATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

BACTERIA; BASE COMPOSITION; CPG ISLANDS; CYTOSINE; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2942656774     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-004-2591-1     Document Type: Article

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