Intriguing manuscript looking into the range of viruses that form a phage nucleus during infection. Amazing bioinformatics and experimental work, and beautiful figures!
Identifying the core genome of the nucleus-forming bacteriophage family and characterization of Erwinia phage RAY
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.02.24.529968v1?rss=1
#phage #viruses
Identifying the core genome of the nucleus-forming bacteriophage family and characterization of Erwinia phage RAY
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.02.24.529968v1?rss=1
#phage #viruses
Identifying the core genome of the nucleus-forming bacteriophage family and characterization of Erwinia phage RAY
We recently discovered that some bacteriophages establish a nucleus-like replication compartment (phage nucleus), but the core genes that define nucleus-based phage replication and their phylogenetic distribution were unknown.bioRxiv