Editing Staphylococcus aureus (section)

===DNA repair===

Host [[neutrophil]]s cause [[DNA damage (naturally occurring)|DNA double-strand breaks]] in  ''S. aureus'' through the production of [[reactive oxygen species]].<ref name="Ha2020">{{cite journal |vauthors=Ha KP, Clarke RS, Kim GL, Brittan JL, Rowley JE, Mavridou DA, Parker D, Clarke TB, Nobbs AH, Edwards AM |title=Staphylococcal DNA Repair Is Required for Infection |journal=mBio |volume=11 |issue=6 |pages=e02288-20 |date=November 2020 |pmid=33203752 |pmc=7683395 |doi=10.1128/mBio.02288-20 }}</ref>  For infection of a host to be successful, ''S. aureus'' must survive such damages caused by the hosts' defenses.  The two protein complex RexAB encoded by ''S. aureus'' is employed in the [[homologous recombination|recombinational repair]] of DNA double-strand breaks.<ref name = Ha2020/>