Diverse Functions of Restriction-Modification Systems in Addition to Cellular Defense

Molecular determinants responsible for recognition of the single-stranded DNA regulatory sequence,  , by RecBCD enzyme

(2012) N. Handa et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Promiscuous restriction is a cellular defense strategy that confers fitness advantage to bacteria

(2012) K. Vasu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Success of a suicidal defense strategy against infection in a structured habitat

(2012) Masaki Fukuyo et al.   Scientific Reports

Characterization of DNA methyltransferase specificities using single-molecule, real-time DNA sequencing

(2011) Tyson A. Clark et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Evolutionary genome engineering using a restriction–modification system

(2011) Yoko Asakura et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

A type IV modification-dependent restriction enzyme SauUSI from Staphylococcus aureus subsp. aureus USA300

(2011) Shuang-yong Xu et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

An investigation of the structural requirements for ATP hydrolysis and DNA cleavage by the EcoKI Type I DNA restriction and modification enzyme

(2011) Gareth A. Roberts et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Type III restriction endonuclease EcoP15I is a heterotrimeric complex containing one Res subunit with several DNA-binding regions and ATPase activity

(2011) Karol H. Wyszomirski et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Functional Analysis of an Acid Adaptive DNA Adenine Methyltransferase from Helicobacter pylori 26695

(2011) Arun Banerjee et al.   PLoS One

Phasevarion Mediated Epigenetic Gene Regulation in Helicobacter pylori

(2011) Yogitha N. Srikhanta et al.   PLoS One

Birth and death of genes linked to chromosomal inversion

(2011) Y. Furuta et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Neisseria meningitidis is structured in clades associated with restriction modification systems that modulate homologous recombination

(2011) S. Budroni et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Enzyme Promiscuity: A Mechanistic and Evolutionary Perspective

(2010) Olga Khersonsky and Dan S. Tawfik   Annual Review of Biochemistry

Toxin–antitoxin systems: why so many, what for?

(2010) Laurence Van Melderen   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Conflicts Targeting Epigenetic Systems and Their Resolution by Cell Death: Novel Concepts for Methyl-Specific and Other Restriction Systems

(2010) K. Ishikawa et al.   DNA RESEARCH

Characterization of an N6 adenine methyltransferase from Helicobacter pylori strain 26695 which methylates adjacent adenines on the same strand

(2010) Ritesh Kumar et al.   FEBS Journal

Neisseria gonorrhoeae FA1090 Carries Genes Encoding Two Classes of Vsr Endonucleases

(2010) A. Kwiatek et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Sequence-specific cleavage of RNA by Type II restriction enzymes

(2010) Iain A. Murray et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Genome comparison and context analysis reveals putative mobile forms of restriction–modification systems and related rearrangements

(2010) Yoshikazu Furuta et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

A novel host-specific restriction system associated with DNA backbone S-modification in Salmonella

(2010) Tiegang Xu et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

A type III-like restriction endonuclease functions as a major barrier to horizontal gene transfer in clinical Staphylococcus aureus strains

(2010) A. R. Corvaglia et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Lsr2 is a nucleoid-associated protein that targets AT-rich sequences and virulence genes in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

(2010) B. R. G. Gordon et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Unusual Target Site Disruption by the Rare-Cutting HNH Restriction Endonuclease PacI

(2010) Betty W. Shen et al.   STRUCTURE

Dimeric/oligomeric DNA methyltransferases: an unfinished story

(2009) Ernst G. Malygin et al.   BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Epigenetic regulation of the bacterial cell cycle

(2009) Justine Collier   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Genomic variation and evolution of Staphylococcus aureus

(2009) Jodi A. Lindsay   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

The Evolution of RecD Outside of the RecBCD Complex

(2009) Michael Montague et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION

Contribution of RecFOR machinery of homologous recombination to cell survival after loss of a restriction-modification gene complex

(2009) N. Handa et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Extensive DNA mimicry by the ArdA anti-restriction protein and its role in the spread of antibiotic resistance

(2009) Stephen A. McMahon et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Cleavage of a model DNA replication fork by a Type I restriction endonuclease

(2009) Ken Ishikawa et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

REBASE—a database for DNA restriction and modification: enzymes, genes and genomes

(2009) Richard J. Roberts et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

The phage abortive infection system, ToxIN, functions as a protein–RNA toxin–antitoxin pair

(2009) Peter C. Fineran et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Giant Marseillevirus highlights the role of amoebae as a melting pot in emergence of chimeric microorganisms

(2009) M. Boyer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

New dimensions of the virus world discovered through metagenomics

(2009) David M. Kristensen et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Bacterial Toxin–Antitoxin Systems: More Than Selfish Entities?

(2009) Laurence Van Melderen et al.   PLoS Genetics

Natural Transformation of Helicobacter pylori Involves the Integration of Short DNA Fragments Interrupted by Gaps of Variable Size

(2009) Edward A. Lin et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Activation of the Salmonella Typhimurium Mrr protein

(2008) Abram Aertsen et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Clocks and switches: bacterial gene regulation by DNA adenine methylation

(2008) David A Low et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

The elusive object of desire—Interactions of bacteriophages and their hosts

(2008) Sergei Nechaev et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Motor step size and ATP coupling efficiency of the dsDNA translocase EcoR124I

(2008) Ralf Seidel et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Genetically encoded generators of genetic variants

(2008) Werner Arber   Journal of Proteomics

RecBCD Enzyme and the Repair of Double-Stranded DNA Breaks

(2008) M. S. Dillingham et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

Bacteriophage infection is targeted to cellular poles

(2008) Rotem Edgar et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

The Helicobacter pylori HpyAXII restriction–modification system limits exogenous DNA uptake by targeting GTAC sites but shows asymmetric conservation of the DNA methyltransferase and restriction endonuclease components

(2008) Olivier Humbert et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

The Fidelity Index provides a systematic quantitation of star activity of DNA restriction endonucleases

(2008) H. Wei et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Evolution of sequence specificity in a restriction endonuclease by a point mutation

(2008) M. Saravanan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Small CRISPR RNAs Guide Antiviral Defense in Prokaryotes

(2008) S. J. J. Brouns et al.   SCIENCE

Termination Factor Rho and Its Cofactors NusA and NusG Silence Foreign DNA in E. coli

(2008) C. J. Cardinale et al.   SCIENCE

Cell death upon epigenetic genome methylation: a novel function of methyl-specific deoxyribonucleases

(2008) Eri Fukuda et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY