[HTML][HTML] Multi-layered genome defences in bacteria

A Agapov, KS Baker, P Bedekar, RP Bhatia… - Current Opinion in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Bacteria have evolved a variety of defence mechanisms to protect against mobile genetic
elements, including restriction-modification systems and CRISPR–Cas. In recent years …

My host's enemy is my enemy: plasmids carrying CRISPR-Cas as a defence against phages

B Siedentop, D Rüegg… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Bacteria are infected by mobile genetic elements like plasmids and virulent phages, and
those infections significantly impact bacterial ecology and evolution. Recent discoveries …

Molecular basis of foreign DNA recognition by BREX anti-phage immunity system

A Drobiazko, M Adams, M Skutel, P Kristina… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Anti-phage systems of the BREX (BacteRiophage EXclusion) superfamily rely on epigenetic
DNA methylation to discriminate between the host and invading DNA, but their mechanism …

Correlation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Phage Resistance with the Numbers and Types of Antiphage Systems

KA Burke, CD Urick, N Mzhavia, MP Nikolich… - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Phage therapeutics offer a potentially powerful approach for combating multidrug-resistant
bacterial infections. However, to be effective, phage therapy must overcome existing and …