Enhanced Fusobacterium nucleatum Genetics Using Host DNA Methyltransferases To Bypass Restriction-Modification Systems

Ariana Umaña, Tam T. D. Nguyen, Blake E. Sanders, Kevin Jon Williams, Bryce Wozniak, Daniel J. Slade

Journal of Bacteriology · 2022 · 22 citations · 59 references

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Fusobacterium nucleatum is an oral opportunistic pathogen associated with diseases that include cancer and preterm birth. Our understanding of how this bacterium modulates human disease has been hindered by a lack of genetic systems.

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