Deoxyribonucleic acid methylation in mycobacteria

Srivastava, R and Gopinathan, KP and Ramakrishnan, TV (1981) Deoxyribonucleic acid methylation in mycobacteria. In: Journal of Bacteriology, 148 (2). pp. 716-719.

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Abstract

Deoxyribonucleic acid modification in six strains of mycobacteria was investigated. The presence of 5-methylcytosine in the virulent strain Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv and its absence in the avirulent strain M. tuberculosis H37Ra and other saprophytic, fast-growing mycobacteria appear to be the salient features. However, deoxyribonucleic acid from M. smegmatis SN2 lysogenized with the temperature phage I3 showed the presence of 5-methylcytosine. All of the strains had N6-methyladenine.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Journal of Bacteriology
Publisher:	American Society for Microbiology
Additional Information:	Copy right of this article belongs to American Society for Microbiology.
Department/Centre:	Division of Biological Sciences > Microbiology & Cell Biology
Date Deposited:	01 Sep 2009 07:07
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 05:43
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/22757

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