MicrobiologyNucleic Acids ResearchPeer-reviewed
A Pair of DNA Glucosyltransferases Elevate Counter-defense in Bacteriophage T4
Luis Ramirez-Chamorro, Frédéric Bonhomme, Anton Lukas Ipsen Wolff…·Yuvaraj Bhoobalan-Chitty
This study shows that bacteriophage T4 uses two glucosyltransferases to modify its DNA, helping it evade bacterial defense systems, with redundancy providing an evolutionary advantage.
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