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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-inhibitory activity was copy number dependent and operates by blocking the accumulation of phage DNA. Furthermore,...
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