Abstract
The biological function of methylated bases in DNA of prokaryotes appears to be quite different than that of eukaryotes. In this chapter, most of the information presented is derived from studies with Escherichia coli K-12 simply because more is known about DNA methylation in this organism than in any other one. Some data from certain E. coli bacteriophages also will be reviewed, in addition to selected aspects about DNA methylation in certain other prokaryotes. Other recent reviews that complement this one are by Razin and Friedman (1981) and Hattman (1981).
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Abbreviations
- Cyt:
-
cytosine
- C:
-
cytidine
- Ade:
-
Adenine
- 5-aza-C:
-
5 azacytidine
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Marinus, M.G. (1984). Methylation of Prokaryotic DNA. In: Razin, A., Cedar, H., Riggs, A.D. (eds) DNA Methylation. Springer Series in Molecular Biology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8519-6_5
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