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 …

DNA methylation is an epigenetic mark that living beings have used in different
environments. The MTases family catalyzes DNA methylation. This process is conserved …

Escherichia coli ST131 is the most frequently isolated fluoroquinolone-resistant (FQR) E. coli
clone worldwide and a major cause of urinary tract and bloodstream infections. Although …

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 …

Plasmids of incompatibility group A/C (IncA/C) are becoming increasingly prevalent within
pathogenic Enterobacteriaceae. They are associated with the dissemination of multiple …

Escherichia coli sequence type 131 (ST131), a pandemic clone responsible for the high
incidence of extraintestinal pathogenic E. coli (ExPEC) infections, has been known widely …

The past two decades have witnessed an alarming expansion of staphylococcal disease
caused by community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) …

A wide variety of bacterial pathogens express phase-variable DNA methyltransferases that
control expression of multiple genes via epigenetic mechanisms. These randomly switching …

Phase-variable DNA methyltransferases control the expression of multiple genes via
epigenetic mechanisms in a wide variety of bacterial species. These systems are called …

Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) is the main etiological agent of urinary tract infection
(UTI), a widespread infectious disease of great impact on human health. This is further …