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Jumbo phage! The phage nucleus that some can form during infection is pretty amazing. This paper has some interesting structural insights.

The ϕPA3 phage nucleus is enclosed by a self-assembling 2D crystalline lattice

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-36526-9

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The ϕPA3 phage nucleus is enclosed by a self-assembling 2D crystalline lattice - Nature Communications

To protect from host attack, numerous jumbo bacteriophages establish a micron-scale, protein-based structure to enclose their replicating DNA.
Nature
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