Dam methyltransferase is required for stable lysogeny of the shiga toxin (Stx2)-encoding bacteriophage 933W of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 438-441

  Murphy, Kenan C ^a   Ritchie, Jennifer M ^b   Waldor, Matthew K ^b   Løbner Olesen, Anders ^c   Marinus, M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAM METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEROTOXIN 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DAM GENE; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI EDL933; ENZYME BINDING; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; LYSOGENIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHAGE; PROTEIN INDUCTION; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

COLIPHAGES; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; KANAMYCIN; LYSOGENY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHIGA TOXIN 2; SITE-SPECIFIC DNA-METHYLTRANSFERASE (ADENINE-SPECIFIC); VIRULENCE;

BACTERIOPHAGE 933W; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 37549053631     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01373-07     Document Type: Article

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