A survey of Type III restriction-modification systems reveals numerous, novel epigenetic regulators controlling phase-variable regulons; phasevarions. [PDF]
Atack JM +4 more
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Phase-variable restriction/modification systems are required for Helicobacter pylori colonization. [PDF]
Gauntlett JC +4 more
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Genetic variation regulates the activation and specificity of Restriction-Modification systems in Neisseria gonorrhoeae. [PDF]
Sánchez-Busó L +4 more
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The HMW2 adhesin of non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae is a human-adapted lectin that mediates high-affinity binding to 2-6 linked N-acetylneuraminic acid glycans. [PDF]
Atack JM +6 more
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Complete Genome Sequence of Moraxella catarrhalis Strain CCRI-195ME, Isolated from the Middle Ear. [PDF]
Tan A +8 more
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Phase variation of a Type IIG restriction-modification enzyme alters site-specific methylation patterns and gene expression in Campylobacter jejuni strain NCTC11168. [PDF]
Anjum A +7 more
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A biphasic epigenetic switch controls immunoevasion, virulence and niche adaptation in non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae. [PDF]
Atack JM +15 more
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Exploiting haem-iron dependence of nontypeable <i>Haemophilus influenzae</i>: an avenue for future therapeutic development. [PDF]
Atto B, Gell DA, Marsh R, Tristram S.
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In several host-adapted pathogens, phase variation has been found to occur in genes that encode methyltransferases associated with type III restriction-modification systems.
Michael P Jennings, Yogitha Srikhanta
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Human-adapted bacterial pathogens use a mechanism called phase variation to randomly switch the expression of individual genes to generate a phenotypically diverse population to adapt to challenges within and between human hosts.
Michael P Jennings +2 more
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