DNA adenine methylation is required to replicate both Vibrio cholerae chromosomes once per cell cycle

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 39-

  Demarre, Gaëlle ^a   Chattoraj, Dhruba K ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA ADENINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN ORI1; PROTEIN ORI2; PROTEIN SEQA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ADENINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; CELL CYCLE; CHROMOSOME DUPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SILENCING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; TRANSLATION INITIATION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; CYTOLOGY; DNA REPLICATION; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ADENINE; CELL CYCLE; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPLICATION; REPLICATION ORIGIN; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 77953189901     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000939     Document Type: Article

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