Viral Genome Delivery Across Bacterial Cell Surfaces

SM Iglesias, F Li, F Briani… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
In 1952, Hershey and Chase used bacteriophage T2 genome delivery inside Escherichia
coli to demonstrate that DNA, not protein, is the genetic material. Over 70 years later, our …

Diverse and abundant phages exploit conjugative plasmids

N Quinones-Olvera, SV Owen, LM McCully… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Phages exert profound evolutionary pressure on bacteria by interacting with receptors on
the cell surface to initiate infection. While the majority of phages use chromosomally …

Advanced porous materials for antimicrobial treatment

R Miguel Sábio, G Corrêa Carvalho, J Li… - Nano …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Infectious diseases are a global public health concern generated by uncontrolled uses of
antimicrobials resulting in multidrug‐resistant (MDR) pathogens. The antimicrobial …

The nucleocapsid architecture and structural atlas of the prototype baculovirus define the hallmarks of a new viral realm

BA Johnstone, JM Hardy, J Ha, A Butkovic… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Baculovirus is the most studied insect virus owing to a broad ecological distribution and
ease of engineering for biotechnological applications. However, its structure and …

Asymmetric structure of podophage GP4 reveals a novel architecture of three types of tail fibers

J Zheng, W Chen, H ** podophage VP1 in two states
H Pang, F Fan, J Zheng, H ** Vibrio cholerae O1
biotype El Tor. However, until now no structures of these phages have been available, which …