Cytosine DNA methylation influences drug resistance in Escherichia coli through increased sugE expression

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 350, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 100-106

  Militello, Kevin T ^a   Mandarano, Alexandra H ^a   Varechtchouk, Olga ^a,b   Simon, Robert D ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

5 methylcytosine; Dcm; Drug resistance; RpoS; SugE

Indexed keywords

AZACITIDINE; DNA (CYTOSINE 5) METHYLTRANSFERASE; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; PEPTIDE TRANSPORTER 1; RNA; SIGMA FACTOR RPOS; SUGE TRANSPORTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL GENE; CELL STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DCM GENE; DISK DIFFUSION; DNA METHYLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE LOSS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GROWTH RATE; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RPOS GENE; SUGE GENE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12;

5-METHYLCYTOSINE; DCM; DRUG RESISTANCE; RPOS; SUGE;

5-METHYLCYTOSINE; AZACITIDINE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYTOSINE; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLATION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; ETHIDIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; SIGMA FACTOR;

EID: 84891831702     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6968.12299     Document Type: Letter

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