Cryptic Prophage (phage 🧬🪤🦠)
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TAs 🛑 phage ('96), phage make persisters (100S ribosomes), VBNCs = dead, indole=interkingdom signal, AI-2 incr biofilm & TqsA exports (Prof. Thomas K. Wood)
17-02-2022 06:07:15
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frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…
We searched all 4,287 E. coli proteins to identify GTPase RsgA that reduces ribosome activity as a phage defense to thwart T4 phage infection (there are few known direct ribosome diminution systems). Congratulations to Laura Fernández-García and María (Maria del Mar) Tomas!