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SUBMITTER: Basle A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5758888 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Baslé Arnaud A Hewitt Lorraine L Koh Alan A Lamb Heather K HK Thompson Paul P Burgess J Grant JG Hall Michael J MJ Hawkins Alastair R AR Murray Heath H Lewis Richard J RJ
Nucleic acids research 20180101 1
Bacterial biofilms are a complex architecture of cells that grow on moist interfaces, and are held together by a molecular glue of extracellular proteins, sugars and nucleic acids. Biofilms are particularly problematic in human healthcare as they can coat medical implants and are thus a potential source of disease. The enzymatic dispersal of biofilms is increasingly being developed as a new strategy to treat this problem. Here, we have characterized NucB, a biofilm-dispersing nuclease from a mar ...[more]