OxyR-dependent formation of DNA methylation patterns in OpvABOFF and OpvABON cell lineages of Salmonella enterica

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 3595-3609

  Cota, Ignacio ^a   Bunk, Boyke ^b,c   Spröer, Cathrin ^b,c   Overmann, Jörg ^b,c   König, Christoph ^d   Casadesús, Josep ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE DSMZ GERMAN COLLECTION OF MICROORGANISMS AND CELL CULTURES   (Germany)

^c German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF)   (Germany)

^d PACIFIC BIOSCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; BINDING PROTEIN; DNA; HU PROTEIN; O ANTIGEN; PROTEIN SEQA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OXYR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; GENE; NONHUMAN; OPVAB GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STABILITY; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; BINDING SITE; CELL DIVISION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CELL DIVISION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; O ANTIGENS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84966309065     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkv1483     Document Type: Article

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