Bacteriophages: How bacterial spores capture and protect phage DNA

被引：16

作者：

Sonenshein, AL ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Tufts Univ, Sch Med, Dept Mol Biol & Microbiol, Boston, MA 02111 USA

来源：

CURRENT BIOLOGY | 2006年 / 16卷 / 01期

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D O I：

10.1016/j.cub.2005.12.007

中图分类号：

Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];

学科分类号：

071010 ; 081704 ;

摘要：

A recent study explains how bacterial spores capture and protect phage DNA, which remains free in the host cytoplasm but is unable to initiate the virulence pathway that leads to lysis of actively growing bacterial cells.

引用

页码：R14 / R16

页数：3

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