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Review
. 2015 Jun 11;11(6):e1004847.
doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004847. eCollection 2015 Jun.

Battling Phages: How Bacteria Defend against Viral Attack

Kimberley D Seed  1
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Review

Battling Phages: How Bacteria Defend against Viral Attack

Kimberley D Seed. PLoS Pathog. .
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The author has declared that no competing interests exist.

Figures

Fig 1
Fig 1. An overview of bacterial defense systems against phage.
Each step of the phage lytic replication cycle is shown in italics. For simplicity, the cell wall and outer membrane (for gram-negative bacteria) is not shown. Bacteria can use a range of antiphage systems that can target all stages of the phage life cycle.
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