The complex methylome of the human gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 2415-2432

  Krebes, Juliane ^a,b   Morgan, Richard D ^c   Bunk, Boyke ^b,d   Spröer, Cathrin ^b,d   Luong, Khai ^e   Parusel, Raphael ^a   Anton, Brian P ^c   König, Christoph ^e   Josenhans, Christine ^a,b   Overmann, Jörg ^a,b   Roberts, Richard J ^c   Korlach, Jonas ^e   Suerbaum, Sebastian ^a,b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b Center for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research   (Germany)

^c NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS   (United States)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE DSMZ GERMAN COLLECTION OF MICROORGANISMS AND CELL CULTURES   (Germany)

^e PACIFIC BIOSCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; METHYLOME; METHYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA RESTRICTION; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SINGLE MOLECULE REAL TIME SEQUENCING;

DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION METHYLASES; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MUTATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84895786974     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt1201     Document Type: Article

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