Article
Phase variation in the phage growth limitation system of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2).
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Aug 2003
Sumby Paul, Smith Margaret C M
Abstract excerpt
The phase-variable phage growth limitation (Pgl) system of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) is an unusual bacteriophage resistance mechanism that confers protection against the temperate phage phiC31 and homoimmune relatives. Pgl is subject to phase variation, and data presented here show that this is at least partially due to expansion and contraction of a polyguanine tract present within the putative...
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