Role of restriction-modification systems in prokaryotic evolution and ecology

DNA methylation in bacteria: from the methyl group to the methylome

(2015) María A Sánchez-Romero et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Restriction modification systems as engines of diversity

(2015) Kim Sneppen et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Burkholderia pseudomalleisequencing identifies genomic clades with distinct recombination, accessory, and epigenetic profiles

(2014) Tannistha Nandi et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

The EcoKI Type I Restriction-Modification System in Escherichia coli Affects but Is Not an Absolute Barrier for Conjugation

(2014) Louise Roer et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Bacterial transformation: distribution, shared mechanisms and divergent control

(2014) Calum Johnston et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

The functions of DNA methylation by CcrM in Caulobacter crescentus: a global approach

(2014) Diego Gonzalez et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

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

(2014) Richard J. Roberts et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Comparative genomic analysis of Helicobacter pylori from Malaysia identifies three distinct lineages suggestive of differential evolution

(2014) Narender Kumar et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Type III restriction endonucleases are heterotrimeric: comprising one helicase–nuclease subunit and a dimeric methyltransferase that binds only one specific DNA

(2014) Annika Butterer et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

The interplay of restriction-modification systems with mobile genetic elements and their prokaryotic hosts

(2014) Pedro H. Oliveira et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Type II restriction endonucleases—a historical perspective and more

(2014) Alfred Pingoud et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Restriction Endonucleases from Invasive Neisseria gonorrhoeae Cause Double-Strand Breaks and Distort Mitosis in Epithelial Cells during Infection

(2014) Linda Weyler et al.   PLoS One

Diversification of bacterial genome content through distinct mechanisms over different timescales

(2014) Nicholas J. Croucher et al.   Nature Communications

A random six-phase switch regulates pneumococcal virulence via global epigenetic changes

(2014) Ana Sousa Manso et al.   Nature Communications

Methylome Diversification through Changes in DNA Methyltransferase Sequence Specificity

(2014) Yoshikazu Furuta et al.   PLoS Genetics

Multi-omics Approaches to Deciphering a Hypervirulent Strain of Campylobacter jejuni

(2013) Zuowei Wu et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Programmed Heterogeneity: Epigenetic Mechanisms in Bacteria

(2013) Josep Casadesús et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

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

(2013) K. Vasu et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

Population genomics of post-vaccine changes in pneumococcal epidemiology

(2013) Nicholas J Croucher et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Revenge of the phages: defeating bacterial defences

(2013) Julie E. Samson et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Type I restriction enzymes and their relatives

(2013) W. A. M. Loenen et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

The complex methylome of the human gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori

(2013) Juliane Krebes et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

The other face of restriction: modification-dependent enzymes

(2013) Wil A. M. Loenen et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Solitary restriction endonucleases in prokaryotic genomes

(2012) Anna S. Ershova et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Context-dependent conservation of DNA methyltransferases in bacteria

(2012) Aswin Sai Narain Seshasayee et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Species-specific Typing of DNA Based on Palindrome Frequency Patterns

(2011) E. Lamprea-Burgunder et al.   DNA RESEARCH

Defense Islands in Bacterial and Archaeal Genomes and Prediction of Novel Defense Systems

(2011) K. S. Makarova et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

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

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

Domain Movement within a Gene: A Novel Evolutionary Mechanism for Protein Diversification

(2011) Yoshikazu Furuta et al.   PLoS One

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

The phasevarion: phase variation of type III DNA methyltransferases controls coordinated switching in multiple genes

(2010) Yogitha N. Srikhanta et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

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 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

Pathogenicity of an emergent, ovine abortifacientCampylobacter jejuniclone orally inoculated into pregnant guinea pigs

(2009) Eric R. Burrough et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF VETERINARY RESEARCH

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

Phasevarions Mediate Random Switching of Gene Expression in Pathogenic Neisseria

(2009) Yogitha N. Srikhanta et al.   PLoS Pathogens

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

(2008) Eri Fukuda et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY