ReviewCurrent genetics2021
A snapshot of the λ T4rII exclusion (Rex) phenotype in Escherichia coli.
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- Phages use contingency loci as a bet-hedging strategy.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Systematic, high-throughput characterization of bacteriophage gene essentiality on diverse hosts.Cell host & microbe · 2025Article
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- CRISPRi-ART enables functional genomics of diverse bacteriophages using RNA-binding dCas13d.Nature microbiology · 2025Article
- Disarm The Bacteria: What Temperate Phages Can Do.Current issues in molecular biology · 2023Review
- Characteristics of EnvironmentalPharmaceutics · 2023Article
- Study of Ren, RexA, and RexB Functions Provides Insight Into the Complex Interaction Between Bacteriophage λ and Its Host,PHAGE (New Rochelle, N.Y.) · 2022Article
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- Evolutionary Dynamics between Phages and Bacteria as a Possible Approach for Designing Effective Phage Therapies against Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
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Abstract
The lambda (λ) T4rII exclusion (Rex) phenotype is defined as the inability of T4rII to propagate in Escherichia coli lysogenized by bacteriophage λ. The Rex system requires the presence of two lambda immunity genes, rexA and rexB, to exclude T4 (rIIA-rIIB) from plating on a lawn of E. coli λ lysogens. The onset of the Rex phenotype by T4rII infection imparts a harsh cellular environment that prevents T4rII superinfection while killing the majority of the cell population. Since the discovery of this powerful exclusion system in 1955 by Seymour Benzer, few mechanistic models have been proposed to explain the process of Rex activation and the physiological manifestations associated with Rex onset. For the first time, key host proteins have recently been linked to Rex, including σ
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