The phage defence island of a multidrug resistant plasmid uses both BREX and type IV restriction for complementary protection from viruses (2021)
Journal Article
Picton, D., Luyten, Y., Morgan, R., Nelson, A., Smith, D., Dryden, D., …Blower, T. (2021). The phage defence island of a multidrug resistant plasmid uses both BREX and type IV restriction for complementary protection from viruses. Nucleic Acids Research, 49(19), 11257-11273. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkab906

Bacteria have evolved a multitude of systems to prevent invasion by bacteriophages and other mobile genetic elements. Comparative genomics suggests that genes encoding bacterial defence mechanisms are often clustered in “defence islands”, providing a... Read More about The phage defence island of a multidrug resistant plasmid uses both BREX and type IV restriction for complementary protection from viruses.