| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2784660 | Comptes Rendus Biologies | 2007 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
The DNA adenine methylase of Salmonella typhimurium methylates adenine at GATC sequences. Strains deficient in this methylase are not well transformed by methylated plasmids, but unmethylated plasmids transform them at high frequencies. Hemimethylated daughter molecules accumulate after the transformation of dam− strains with fully methylated plasmids, suggesting that hemimethylation prevents DNA replication. It will also be shown that plasmids isolated from dam− bacteria are hemimethylated by restriction enzyme digestion. These results may explain why newly formed daughter molecules are not substrates for immediate reinitiation of DNA replication in dam− bacteria. To cite this article: A. Aloui et al., C. R. Biologies 330 (2007).
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Authors
Amine Aloui, Abdelwaheb Chatty, Alya El May, Ahmed Landoulsi,