DNA methylation by CcrM activates the transcription of two genes required for the division of Caulobacter crescentus

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 203-218

  Gonzalez, Diego ^a   Collier, Justine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CCRM METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; FTSZ PROTEIN; PROTEIN MIPZ; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOACCUMULATION; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; FTSZ GENE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MIPZ GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN MOTIF;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, SUPPRESSOR; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIFS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA, MESSENGER; SITE-SPECIFIC DNA-METHYLTRANSFERASE (ADENINE-SPECIFIC); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES;

EID: 84875597378     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12180     Document Type: Article

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