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Molecular characterization of a phage-encoded resistance system in Lactococcus lactis.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 May 1999
McGrath S, Seegers J F, Fitzgerald G F, van Sinderen D
Abstract excerpt
A specific fragment of the genome of Tuc2009, a temperate lactococcal bacteriophage, was shown to contain several open reading frames, whose deduced protein products exhibited similarities to proteins known to be involved in DNA replication and modification. In this way, a putative single-stranded binding protein, replisome organizer protein, topoisomerase I, and a methylase were identified. When the genetic...
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