DNA methylation in Caulobacter and other Alphaproteobacteria during cell cycle progression

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 528-535

  Mohapatra, Saswat S ^a   Fioravanti, Antonella ^a   Biondi, Emanuele G ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Alphaproteobacteria; Bacterial cell cycle; Caulobacter crescentus; CcrM; GcrA; N6 adenosine methylation

Indexed keywords

CCRM PROTEIN; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; GCRA PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BINDING AFFINITY; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; DNA METHYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIGENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAULOBACTER; CELL CYCLE; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; PROMOTER REGION;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAULOBACTER; CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; CAULOBACTER; CELL CYCLE; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MODELS, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84906935471     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: 18784380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2014.05.003     Document Type: Review

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