MicrobiologyPLoS ONEPeer-reviewed
Extracellular activity of a bacterial protease associated with reduced phage infectivity
Ehud Herbst, Gael Rosen Blechman, Taya Fedorenko…·Rotem Sorek
The paper shows a secreted bacterial protease reduces phage infectivity by degrading phage DNA, with phages escaping by mutating a tail-associated protein.
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0332566