Ssp System (IMAGE)

Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART)

Ssp System

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The newly discovered Ssp system prevents viral replication by nicking unmodified viral DNA. If the virus already possesses the phosphorothioate modification, then the Ssp system does not sense the invading DNA and the virus is allowed to replicate

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Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology

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