Activation of a Vibrio cholerae CBASS anti-phage system by quorum sensing and folate depletion
ABSTRACT A major challenge faced by bacteria is infection by bacteriophage (phage). Abortive infection is one strategy for combating phage in which an infected cell kills itself to limit phage replication, thus protecting neighboring kin. One class of abortive infection systems is the cyclic oligonu...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2023-10-01
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Series: | mBio |
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Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.00875-23 |