Phage T7 DNA mimic protein Ocr is a potent inhibitor of BREX defence

The arms race between bacteria and their phage foes

(2020) Hannah G. Hampton et al.   NATURE

Structural basis of transcription inhibition by the DNA mimic protein Ocr of bacteriophage T7

(2020) Fuzhou Ye et al.   eLife

The pan-immune system of bacteria: antiviral defence as a community resource

(2019) Aude Bernheim et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Systematic discovery of antiphage defense systems in the microbial pangenome

(2018) Shany Doron et al.   SCIENCE

BREX system of Escherichia coli distinguishes self from non-self by methylation of a specific DNA site

(2018) Julia Gordeeva et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

DISARM is a widespread bacterial defence system with broad anti-phage activities

(2017) Gal Ofir et al.   Nature Microbiology

The DNA–mimic antirestriction proteins ArdA ColIB-P9, Arn T4, and Ocr T7 as activators of H-NS-dependent gene transcription

(2016) Olga E. Melkina et al.   MICROBIOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Structure of Type IIL Restriction-Modification Enzyme MmeI in Complex with DNA Has Implications for Engineering New Specificities

(2016) Scott J. Callahan et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

The phage growth limitation system in Streptomyces coelicolor A(3)2 is a toxin/antitoxin system, comprising enzymes with DNA methyltransferase, protein kinase and ATPase activity

(2015) Paul A. Hoskisson et al.   VIROLOGY

Squaring up to DNA: pentapeptide repeat proteins and DNA mimicry

(2014) Shama Shah et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

BREX is a novel phage resistance system widespread in microbial genomes

(2014) T. Goldfarb et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Antirestriction activity of the monomeric and dimeric forms of T7 Ocr

(2014) G. B. Zavilgelsky et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Revenge of the phages: defeating bacterial defences

(2013) Julie E. Samson et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Type I restriction enzymes and their relatives

(2013) W. A. M. Loenen et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Type III restriction-modification enzymes: a historical perspective

(2013) Desirazu N. Rao et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

SPAdes: A New Genome Assembly Algorithm and Its Applications to Single-Cell Sequencing

(2012) Anton Bankevich et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY

Slow Fitness Recovery in a Codon-Modified Viral Genome

(2012) J.J. Bull et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Exploring the DNA mimicry of the Ocr protein of phage T7

(2012) Gareth A. Roberts et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Defense Islands in Bacterial and Archaeal Genomes and Prediction of Novel Defense Systems

(2011) K. S. Makarova et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Low-temperature T4-like coliphages vB_EcoM-VR5, vB_EcoM-VR7 and vB_EcoM-VR20

(2010) Laura Kaliniene et al.   ARCHIVES OF VIROLOGY

Extensive DNA mimicry by the ArdA anti-restriction protein and its role in the spread of antibiotic resistance

(2009) Stephen A. McMahon et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Atomic force microscopy of the EcoKI Type I DNA restriction enzyme bound to DNA shows enzyme dimerization and DNA looping

(2009) Kelly J. Neaves et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

The structure of the KlcA and ArdB proteins reveals a novel fold and antirestriction activity against Type I DNA restriction systems in vivo but not in vitro

(2009) Dimitra Serfiotis-Mitsa et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

The MmeI family: type II restriction–modification enzymes that employ single-strand modification for host protection

(2009) Richard D. Morgan et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Comparative analysis of anti-restriction activities of ArdA (ColIb-P9) and Ocr (T7) proteins

(2008) G. B. Zavilgelsky et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY-MOSCOW

The structure of M.EcoKI Type I DNA methyltransferase with a DNA mimic antirestriction protein

(2008) Christopher K. Kennaway et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH