In the early and mid-1980s, scientists used phages to express recombinant proteins. The protein was retained inside the virions, so screening required growing viral plaques, creating a stamp of these ...

A newly developed laboratory tool can, within hours, help to identify specific viruses which can be used to destroy variants ...

Scientists insert variable DNA sequences coding for their proteins of interest into plasmids that carry a phage coat protein gene, an antibiotic resistance gene, and a packaging signal. Then they ...

Gerd Prehna and his lab have been studying the phage protein paratox (Prx). Two graduate students, Tasneem Hassan Muna and Nicole Rutbeek from the Prehna Lab have discovered that phages use ...

A family of phages known as jumbo phages have evolved a remarkable strategy of building a protein shell around their deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), forming a “phage nucleus” that protects their ...

The gut microbiome and diet are important factors in the pathogenesis and management of Crohn's disease (CD). However, the role of the gut phageome under dietary influences is unknown.We aim to ...

New phage are assembled before the host cell finally lyses and the phage progeny released into the surrounding environment to find new target cells. Phage receptor binding proteins are most frequently ...

New phage are assembled before the host cell finally lyses and the phage progeny released into the surrounding environment to find new target cells. Phage receptor binding proteins are most frequently ...

Twenty-four individual chimallin proteins assemble as a cube inside cells ... into tiles that ultimately make up square sheets of the phage nucleus shell. Villa Lab, UC San Diego ...