dam references

References for dam methylation from PubMed through 2016

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Abeles,A.L., Austin,S.J., 1987. P1 plasmid replication requires methylated DNA. EMBO J. 6, 3185-3189.

Abeles,A.L., Austin,S.J., 1988. P1 plasmid replication requires Escherichia coli Dam-methylated DNA. Gene 74, 185-186.

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Anton BP, Harhay GP, Smith TP, Blom J, Roberts RJ. Comparative Methylome Analysis of the Occasional Ruminant Respiratory Pathogen Bibersteinia trehalosi. PLoS One. 2016 Aug 24;11(8):e0161499. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0161499. PubMed PMID: 27556252; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4996451.

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Aya Castañeda Mdel R, Sarnacki SH, Noto Llana M, López Guerra AG, Giacomodonato MN, Cerquetti MC. Dam methylation is required for efficient biofilm production in Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis. Int J Food Microbiol. 2015 Jan 16;193:15-22. doi: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2014.10.003. PubMed PMID: 25462918.

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Bandyopadhyay,R., Das,J., 1994. The DNA adenine methyltransferase-encoding gene (dam) of Vibrio cholerae. Gene 140, 67-71.

Baranyi,U., Klein,R., Lubitz,W., Kruger,D.H., Witte,A., 2000. The archaeal halophilic virus-encoded Dam-like methyltransferase M. phiCh1-I methylates adenine residues and complements dam mutants in the low salt environment of Escherichia coli. Mol. Microbiol. 35, 1168-1179.

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Blyn,L.B., Braaten,B.A., Low,D.A., 1990. Regulation of pap pilin phase variation by a mechanism involving differential dam methylation states. EMBO J. 9, 4045-4054.

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Bolker,M., Kahmann,R., 1989. The Escherichia coli regulatory protein OxyR discriminates between methylated and unmethylated states of the phage Mu mom promoter. EMBO J. 8, 2403-2410.

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Boye,E., Lobner-Olesen,A., 1990. The role of dam methyltransferase in the control of DNA replication in E. coli. Cell 62, 981-989.

Boye,E., Marinus,M.G., Lobner-Olesen,A., 1992. Quantitation of Dam methyltransferase in Escherichia coli. J. Bacteriol. 174, 1682-1685.

Braaten,B.A., Blyn,L.B., Skinner,B.S., Low,D.A., 1991. Evidence for a methylation-blocking factor (mbf) locus involved in pap pilus expression and phase variation in Escherichia coli. J. Bacteriol. 173, 1789-1800.

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