A putative DNA adenine methyltransferase is involved in Yersinia pseudotuberculosis pathogenicity

Microbiology

Volumn 153, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2426-2434

  Pouillot, Flavie ^a   Fayolle, Corinne ^a   Carniel, Elisabeth ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 N METHYLADENINE; CASPASE 3; DNA ADENINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN YREA; PROTEIN YRSA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL CYCLE; DNA REPAIR; DNA RESTRICTION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC CODE; INTESTINE INFECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA RESTRICTION-MODIFICATION ENZYMES; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; SITE-SPECIFIC DNA-METHYLTRANSFERASE (ADENINE-SPECIFIC); SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS; YERSINIA PESTIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS INFECTIONS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); YERSINIA PESTIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 34547922106     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2007/005736-0     Document Type: Article

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