A short noncoding viral DNA element showing characteristics of a replication origin confers bacteriophage resistance to Streptococcus thermophilus.

doi:10.1006/viro.1998.9387

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A short noncoding viral DNA element showing characteristics of a replication origin confers bacteriophage resistance to Streptococcus thermophilus.

Virology - 25 Oct 1998

Foley S, Lucchini S, Zwahlen M C, Brüssow H

Abstract excerpt

A 302-bp noncoding DNA fragment from the DNA replication module of phage phiSfi21 was shown to protect the Streptococcus thermophilus strain Sfi1 from infection by 17 of 25 phages. The phage-inhibitory DNA possesses two determinants, each of which individually mediated phage resistance. The phage...

Topics

Base Sequence
DNA Replication
DNA, Viral
Gene Dosage
Molecular Sequence Data
Phenotype
Plasmids
Replication Origin
Streptococcus
Streptococcus Phages
Virus Replication

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