DNA methyltransferases and epigenetic regulation in bacteria

S Adhikari, PD Curtis - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Epigenetics is a change in gene expression that is heritable without a change in DNA
sequence itself. This phenomenon is well studied in eukaryotes, particularly in humans for …

Biosynthesis and function of modified bases in bacteria and their viruses

P Weigele, EA Raleigh - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
Naturally occurring modification of the canonical A, G, C, and T bases can be found in the
DNA of cellular organisms and viruses from all domains of life. Bacterial viruses …

Mapping DNA methylation with high-throughput nanopore sequencing

AC Rand, M Jain, JM Eizenga, A Musselman-Brown… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
DNA chemical modifications regulate genomic function. We present a framework for
mapping cytosine and adenosine methylation with the Oxford Nanopore Technologies …

An adenine base editor variant expands context compatibility

YL Xiao, Y Wu, W Tang - Nature Biotechnology, 2024 - nature.com
Adenine base editors (ABEs) are precise gene-editing agents that convert A: T pairs into G:
C through a deoxyinosine intermediate. Existing ABEs function most effectively when the …

DNA phosphorothioate modification—a new multi-functional epigenetic system in bacteria

L Wang, S Jiang, Z Deng, PC Dedon… - FEMS microbiology …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Synthetic phosphorothioate (PT) internucleotide linkages, in which a nonbridging oxygen is
replaced by a sulphur atom, share similar physical and chemical properties with …

The roles of nucleoid-associated proteins and topoisomerases in chromosome structure, strand segregation, and the generation of phenotypic heterogeneity in …

V Norris, C Kayser, G Muskhelishvili… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
How to adapt to a changing environment is a fundamental, recurrent problem confronting
cells. One solution is for cells to organize their constituents into a limited number of spatially …

What water professionals should know about antibiotics and antibiotic resistance: an overview

O Jovanovic, CF Amábile-Cuevas, C Shang… - Acs Es&T …, 2021 - ACS Publications
In light of recent predictions that by 2050, antimicrobial resistance will cause almost 10
million deaths annually, costing the global economy 100 trillion US dollars, the examination …

N6-methyladenine: a conserved and dynamic DNA mark

ZK O'Brown, EL Greer - DNA methyltransferases-role and function, 2016 - Springer
Chromatin, consisting of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) wrapped around histone proteins,
facilitates DNA compaction and allows identical DNA codes to confer many different cellular …

Genetic and metabolic engineering challenges of C1-gas fermenting acetogenic chassis organisms

B Bourgade, NP Minton, MA Islam - FEMS Microbiology …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Unabated mining and utilisation of petroleum and petroleum resources and their conversion
to essential fuels and chemicals have drastic environmental consequences, contributing to …

Epigenetic Switch Driven by DNA Inversions Dictates Phase Variation in Streptococcus pneumoniae

J Li, JW Li, Z Feng, J Wang, H An, Y Liu, Y Wang… - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
DNA methylation is an important epigenetic mechanism for phenotypic diversification in all
forms of life. We previously described remarkable cell-to-cell heterogeneity in epigenetic …