Fuse or die: How to survive the loss of Dam in Vibrio cholerae

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 665-678

  Val, Marie Eve ^a,b   Kennedy, Sean P ^c   Soler Bistué, Alfonso J ^a,b   Barbe, Valérie ^d   Bouchier, Christiane ^a   Ducos Galand, Magaly ^a,b   Skovgaard, Ole ^e   Mazel, Didier ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c University of Paris Saclay   (France)

^d DIF   (France)

^e ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAM METHYLTRANSFERASE; SITE SPECIFIC DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE (ADENINE SPECIFIC);

BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; DEFICIENCY; DNA REPLICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA REPLICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SITE-SPECIFIC DNA-METHYLTRANSFERASE (ADENINE-SPECIFIC); VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 84893790541     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12483     Document Type: Article

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