Bacterial DNA methylation and methylomes

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 945, Issue , 2016, Pages 35-61

  Casadesús, Josep ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CELL CYCLE REGULATED METHYLASE; DNA (CYTOSINE 5) METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA ADENINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 5 METHYLCYTOSINE; ADENINE; ADENOSINE; N(6)-METHYLADENOSINE;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL METHYLOME; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BASE MISPAIRING; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; MISMATCH REPAIR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; CELL LINEAGE; CHEMISTRY; DNA REPLICATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

5-METHYLCYTOSINE; ADENINE; ADENOSINE; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; CELL LINEAGE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPLICATION; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84994798364     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: 22148019     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-43624-1_3     Document Type: Article

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