Genome modification in Enterococcus faecalis OG1RF assessed by bisulfite sequencing and single-molecule real-time sequencing

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 197, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1939-1951

  Huo, Wenwen ^a   Adams, Hannah M ^a   Zhang, Michael Q ^a   Palmer, Kelli L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLCYTOSINE; ADENINE; BISULFITE; CYTOSINE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; HYDROGEN SULFITE; SULFITE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE SEQUENCE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA;

BASE SEQUENCE; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA METHYLATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SULFITES;

EID: 84929431366     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00130-15     Document Type: Article

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