T5 Group Bacteriophages as Potential Phage Therapy Agents


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Abstract

The T5 group bacteriophages, which infect a number of enterobacterial species and strains, are useful objects for obtaining therapeutic phage preparations with broad specificity. The present work considers the biological properties of T5-related phages responsible for their ability to infect a broad spectrum of bacterial strains in spite of a limited number of known phage receptor proteins. Ability of bacteriophages to recognize bacterial O-antigens specifically enhances their capacity for infection and increases the therapeutic potential of the T5 phages.

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E. E. Kulikov

Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Research Center of Biotechnology, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: alla_golomidova@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119071

A. K. Golomidova

Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Research Center of Biotechnology, Russian Academy of Sciences

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Email: alla_golomidova@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119071

V. V. Morozova

Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: alla_golomidova@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk, 630090

Yu. N. Kozlova

Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: alla_golomidova@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk, 630090

A. V. Letarov

Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Research Center of Biotechnology, Russian Academy of Sciences; Moscow State University

Email: alla_golomidova@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119071; Moscow, 119192

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