Genomic Transfer via Membrane Vesicle: A Strategy of Giant Phage phiKZ for Early Infection
Daria Antonova, Anna Nichiporenko, Mariia Sobinina, Yueqi Wang, Innokentii E. Vishnyakov, Andrey V. Moiseenko, Inna Kurdyumova, Yu. M. Chesnokov, Elizaveta Stepanchikova, Maria Bourkaltseva, В. Р. Самыгина, Mikhail A. Khodorkovskii, Olga S. Sokolova, Maria V. Yakunina
The paper describes the EPI vesicle, a structure used by the phiKZ phage to transport viral DNA during early infection, protecting it from bacterial nucleases.
Journal of Virology · Sep 11, 2024Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology