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Discovery of a pentose as a cytosine nucleobase modification in Shewanella phage Thanatos-1 genomic DNA mediating enhanced resistance towards host restriction systems
David Brandt, Anja K. Dörrich, Marcus Persicke…·Jörn Kalinowski
The paper identifies a novel pentose modification on cytosine in phage DNA that enhances resistance to host restriction systems.