DNA adenine methylation is required to replicate both Vibrio cholerae chromosomes once per cell cycle.

DNA adenine methylation is widely used to control many DNA transactions, including replication. In Escherichia coli, methylation serves to silence newly synthesized (hemimethylated) sister origins. SeqA, a protein that binds to hemimethylated DNA, mediates the silencing, and this is necessary to res...

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Main Authors: Gaëlle Demarre, Dhruba K Chattoraj
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-05-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2865523?pdf=render