Identification of essential residues within Lit, a cell death peptidase of Escherichia coli K-12.
Bacteriophage exclusion is a suicide response to viral infection. In strains of Escherichia coli K-12 infected with T4 phage this process is mediated by the host-encoded Lit peptidase. Lit is activated by a unique sequence in the major head protein of the T4 phage (the Gol sequence) which then cleav...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2004
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