Epigenetic gene regulation in the bacterial world

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 830-856

  Casadesús, Josep ^a   Low, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN AG43; PROTEIN CCRM; PROTEIN DAM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE MU; BACTERIOPHAGE P1; BACTERIUM PILUS; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CRE GENE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA PACKAGING; DNA REPAIR; EPIGENETICS; FINP GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE SWITCHING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; TRAJ GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUCELLA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; HAEMOPHILUS; SALMONELLA; VIBRIO; YERSINIA;

EID: 33749246561     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MMBR.00016-06     Document Type: Review

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