Pangenome analysis of Bifidobacterium longum and site-directed mutagenesis through by-pass of restriction-modification systems

BMC Genomics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  O'Callaghan, A ^a   Bottacini, F ^a   O'Connell Motherway, M ^a   van Sinderen, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bifidobacterium longum; Comparative genomics; Methylation; Pan genome; Probiotics; Restriction modification systems

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM INFANTIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM SUIS; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PREDICTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SYNTENY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; BIOLOGY; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CLASSIFICATION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; METABOLISM; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PROCEDURES;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84945187639     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12864-015-1968-4     Document Type: Article

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