Conservation of genomic localization and sequence content of Sau3AI-like restriction-modification gene cassettes among listeria monocytogenes epidemic clone I and selected strains of serotype 1/2a

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 5577-5584

  Yildirim, Suleyman ^a,c   Elhanafi, Driss ^a   Lin, Wen ^b   Hitchins, Anthony D ^b   Siletzky, Robin M ^a   Kathariou, S ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONAL POPULATION; FOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; GENE FLOWS; GENOMIC DNA; GENOMIC LOCATIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MONOCYTOGENES; REFERENCE STRAINS; RESTRICTION-MODIFICATION; SELECTED STRAINS; SEROTYPES; SITE-SPECIFIC RECOMBINATION;

ALKYLATION; CLONING; DISEASES; DNA; LISTERIA; METHYLATION; PLANTS (BOTANY);

GENE ENCODING;

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; GATC SPECIFIC TYPE II DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; GATC-SPECIFIC TYPE II DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; RECOMBINASE; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; TYPE II SITE SPECIFIC DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE FLOW; GENOME; METHYLATION; NUCLEIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; GENE ORDER; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPING;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA MODIFICATION METHYLASES; DNA RESTRICTION-MODIFICATION ENZYMES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENE ORDER; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE DELETION; SEROTYPING;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 77955940299     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00648-10     Document Type: Article

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