A comparative analysis of methylome profiles of Campylobacter jejuni sheep abortion isolate and gastroenteric strains using PacBio data

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue DEC, 2014, Pages

  Mou, Kathy T ^a   Muppirala, Usha K ^a   Severin, Andrew J ^a   Clark, Tyson A ^b   Boitano, Matthew ^b   Plummer, Paul J ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC BIOSCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Campylobacter jejuni; LuxS; Methylation; Methylome; Quorum sensing

Indexed keywords

CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84928250893     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00782     Document Type: Article

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