Epigenetics modulates expression levels of various important genes in both prokaryotes and
eukaryotes. These epigenetic traits are heritable without any change in genetic DNA …

An increasing number of studies have reported that bacterial DNA methylation has important
functions beyond the roles in restriction-modification systems, including the ability of …

DNA methylation is known as a universal mechanism of epigenetic regulation in all
kingdoms of life. Particularly, given that prokaryotes lack key elements such as histones and …

In prokaryotes, alteration in gene expression was observed with the modification of DNA,
especially DNA methylation. Such changes are inherited from generation to generation with …

DNA methylation is an essential epigenetic modification. In bacteria, it is involved in gene
regulation, DNA repair, and control of cell cycle. In eukaryotes, it acts in concert with other …

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 …

Highlights•Bacterial genomes contain C 5-methyl-cytosine, N 4-methyl-cytosine, and N 6-
methyl-adenine.•Base methylation controls DNA–protein interactions.•DNA methylation …

DNA is the key to the inheritance of genetic information in living organisms, and the
mechanism of duplication of double-stranded DNA is arguably the molecular process with …

The amount of bacterial and archaeal genome sequence and methylome data has greatly
increased over the last decade, enabling new insights into the functional roles of DNA …

Methyltransferase (MTases) enzymes transfer methyl groups particularly on proteins and
nucleotides, thereby participating in controlling the epigenetic information in both …