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Nuclear translocation of Acinetobacter baumannii transposase induces DNA methylation of CpG regions in the promoters of E-cadherin gene.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Moon Dong Chan, Choi Chul Hee, Lee Su Man, Lee Jung Hwa, Kim Seung Il, Kim Dong Sun, Lee Je Chul
Abstract excerpt
Nuclear targeting of bacterial proteins has emerged as a pathogenic mechanism whereby bacterial proteins induce host cell pathology. In this study, we examined nuclear targeting of Acinetobacter baumannii transposase (Tnp) and subsequent epigenetic changes in host cells. Tnp of A. baumannii ATCC 17978 possesses nuclear localization signals (NLSs), (225)RKRKRK(230). Transient expression of A. baumannii Tnp fused...
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