Methylome Diversification through Changes in DNA Methyltransferase Sequence Specificity

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Furuta, Yoshikazu ^a   Namba Fukuyo, Hiroe ^a   Shibata, Tomoko F ^b   Nishiyama, Tomoaki ^c   Shigenobu, Shuji ^b,d   Suzuki, Yutaka ^a   Sugano, Sumio ^a   Hasebe, Mitsuyasu ^b,d   Kobayashi, Ichizo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^c KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 N METHYLADENINE; CYTOSINE DERIVATIVE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; N4 METHYLCYTOSINE; RNA POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; RPOB GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; BACTERIAL GENOME; GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIF;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION METHYLASES; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIFS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84901375255     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004272     Document Type: Article

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