MicrobiologybioRxivPreprint
A phiKMV ligase-dependent DNA repair mechanism that mitigates DNA-targeting nucleases
Alexis Villani, Shweta Karambelkar, Nandini Pathak…·Joseph Bondy‐Denomy
The paper identifies a DNA repair mechanism in phages that allows them to resist CRISPR-Cas and R-M systems by repairing nuclease-induced breaks via a ligase-dependent process.
DOI 10.64898/2026.09.21.753257