[HTML][HTML] Deciphering bacterial epigenomes using modern sequencing technologies

J Beaulaurier, EE Schadt, G Fang - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2019 - nature.com
Prokaryotic DNA contains three types of methylation: N6-methyladenine, N4-methylcytosine
and 5-methylcytosine. The lack of tools to analyse the frequency and distribution of …

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 …

Beyond restriction modification: epigenomic roles of DNA methylation in prokaryotes

BP Anton, RJ Roberts - Annual Review of Microbiology, 2021 - annualreviews.org
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 …

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 …

Single-nucleotide-resolution sequencing of human N6-methyldeoxyadenosine reveals strand-asymmetric clusters associated with SSBP1 on the mitochondrial …

CWQ Koh, YT Goh, JDW Toh, SP Neo… - Nucleic acids …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Abstract N 6-methyldeoxyadenosine (6mA) is a well-characterized DNA modification in
prokaryotes but reports on its presence and function in mammals have been controversial …

[HTML][HTML] Genome Sequence, Assembly and Characterization of Two Metschnikowia fructicola Strains Used as Biocontrol Agents of Postharvest Diseases

E Piombo, N Sela, M Wisniewski, M Hoffmann… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The yeast Metschnikowia fructicola was reported as an efficient biological control agent of
postharvest diseases of fruits and vegetables, and it is the bases of the commercial …

Bacterial DNA methylation and methylomes

J Casadesús - DNA methyltransferases-role and function, 2016 - Springer
Formation of C5-methylcytosine, N4-methylcytosine, and N6-methyladenine in bacterial
genomes is postreplicative and involves transfer of a methyl group from S-adenosyl …

[HTML][HTML] Genome Sequence, Assembly, and Characterization of the Antagonistic Yeast Candida oleophila Used as a Biocontrol Agent Against Post-harvest Diseases

Y Sui, M Wisniewski, S Droby, E Piombo… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Candida oleophila is an effective biocontrol agent used to control post-harvest diseases of
fruits and vegetables. C. oleophila I-182 was the active agent used in the first-generation …

[HTML][HTML] The therapeutic potential of epigenetic manipulation during infectious diseases

J Cole, P Morris, MJ Dickman, DH Dockrell - Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2016 - Elsevier
Epigenetic modifications are increasingly recognized as playing an important role in the
pathogenesis of infectious diseases. They represent a critical mechanism regulating …

GenomeTrakr proficiency testing for foodborne pathogen surveillance: an exercise from 2015

RE Timme, H Rand, M Sanchez Leon… - Microbial …, 2018 - microbiologyresearch.org
Pathogen monitoring is becoming more precise as sequencing technologies become more
affordable and accessible worldwide. This transition is especially apparent in the field of …