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An accessory wall teichoic acid glycosyltransferase protects Staphylococcus aureus from the lytic ac...

An accessory wall teichoic acid glycosyltransferase protects Staphylococcus aureus from the lytic ac...

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An accessory wall teichoic acid glycosyltransferase protects Staphylococcus aureus from the lytic activity of Podoviridae

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Full title

An accessory wall teichoic acid glycosyltransferase protects Staphylococcus aureus from the lytic activity of Podoviridae

Publisher

London: Nature Publishing Group UK

Journal title

Scientific reports, 2015-11, Vol.5 (1), p.17219-17219, Article 17219

Language

English

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Publisher

London: Nature Publishing Group UK

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Scope and Contents

Contents

Many
Staphylococcus aureus
have lost a major genetic barrier against phage infection, termed clustered regularly interspaced palindromic repeats (CRISPR/cas). Hence,
S. aureus
strains frequently exchange genetic material via phage-mediated horizontal gene transfer events, but, in turn, are vulnerable in particular to lytic phages. Here,...

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Full title

An accessory wall teichoic acid glycosyltransferase protects Staphylococcus aureus from the lytic activity of Podoviridae

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Record Identifier

TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4667565

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4667565

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ISSN

2045-2322

E-ISSN

2045-2322

DOI

10.1038/srep17219

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