Jumbo phages use a protein shield to protect their DNA from bacterial attacks. A special handshake controls which molecules ...

A bacteriophage is a type of virus that infects bacteria. In fact, the word "bacteriophage" literally means "bacteria eater," because bacteriophages destroy their host cells. All bacteriophages ...

Andrew’s work has appeared in Eos and Science. View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. The M13 bacteriophage, a rod-shaped virus that infects bacteria, is adorned in a molecular coat, ...

As humans, we often focus on viruses and bacteria because of their role in causing various, sometimes severe, diseases. However, an equally fascinating but lesser-known phenomenon is the ongoing ...

‘Phage therapy’ uses naturally occurring viruses called bacteriophages (from the Greek meaning ‘bacteria-eaters’) to fight bacteria. The phages used in this therapy are harmless to people ...

such as phage origins of DNA replication or phage promoters that drive abortive or suicide systems in the infected cell (for example, phage-triggered suicide systems). Bacteriophages (phages ...

Observing the interactions between bacteriophages (viruses that infect bacteria) and their bacteria hosts. The project utilizes genomics to observe bacteriophage abundance, important genes within ...

In contrast to retroviruses, bacterial viruses (bacteriophages) use RT not for genome replication, but for viral gene variation within diversity-generating retroelements (DGRs) or for other ...