Viral evolution: Phage infection strategies

Nature Reviews Microbiology 15, 382 (2017).
doi:10.1038/nrmicro.2017.71

Author: Irene Vacca
The functional consequences of divergent phage evolution on infection have not been analysed until now. By using transcriptomics analyses, Blasdel et al. compared the infection strategies of two evolutionarily related phages, PAK_P3 and PAK_P4, against the same Pseudomonas aeruginosa host strain. They showed

Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology - June 13, 2017 Category: Microbiology Authors: Irene Vacca Tags: Research Highlight Source Type: research