P.G. Leiman

The paper identifies the spike tip protein of bacteriophage T4 and shows its essential role in infection of bacteria with truncated lipopolysaccharides.

This study determines the structure of Rhs core domains from T6SS proteins and suggests their dual role in toxin delivery and self-protection.

This study investigates the role of the bacteriophage P2 Spike's Apex domain in infection, finding it is not required for infection efficiency.

This study elucidates how the AR9 bacteriophage's non-virion RNA polymerase recognizes uracil-containing promoters in the template strand of dsDNA through a unique structural mechanism.

The paper characterizes the structure and function of a novel DNA-dependent RNA polymerase from a crAss-like phage, showing its role in phage gene transcription and structural similarity to eukaryotic RNA interference polymerases.

The paper reports the crystal structure of gp53, a putative host cell-binding protein from bacteriophage AP22, showing it forms a trimeric fiber and binds small sugar-like molecules but does not inhibit infection.