Nature Communications (Aug 2019)

Genome-wide systematic identification of methyltransferase recognition and modification patterns

  • Torbjørn Ølshøj Jensen,
  • Christian Tellgren-Roth,
  • Stephanie Redl,
  • Jérôme Maury,
  • Simo Abdessamad Baallal Jacobsen,
  • Lasse Ebdrup Pedersen,
  • Alex Toftgaard Nielsen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11179-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Single molecule real-time DNA sequencing allows genome-wide identification of DNA methylation patterns. Here, Jensen et al. present a high-throughput method that allows rapid coupling of DNA methylation patterns with their corresponding methyltransferase genes in bacteria.