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Putative plasmid prophages of Bacillus cereus sensu lato may hold the key to undiscovered phage diversity

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2021
Bacteriophages are bacterial viruses and the most abundant biological entities on Earth. Temperate bacteriophages can form prophages stably maintained in the host population: they either integrate into the host genome or replicate as plasmids in the host
Emma G. Piligrimova   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

What Are the Potential Benefits of Using Bacteriophages in Periodontal Therapy?

open access: yesAntibiotics, 2022
Periodontitis, which may result in tooth loss, constitutes both a serious medical and social problem. This pathology, if not treated, can contribute to the development of, among others, pancreatic cancer, cardiovascular diseases or Alzheimer’s disease ...
Jan Kowalski   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparative Genomics of 9 Novel Paenibacillus Larvae Bacteriophages [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
American Foulbrood Disease, caused by the bacterium Paenibacillus larvae, is one of the most destructive diseases of the honeybee, Apis mellifera. Our group recently published the sequences of 9 new phages with the ability to infect and lyse P.
Amy, Penny S.   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

Bacteriophage effect on parasitism resistance [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2022
Many studies have shown that the protection of the host $\it{Acyrthosiphon~pisum}$ (Hemiptera, Aphididae) against the parasitoid $\it{Aphidius~ervi}$ (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) is conferred by the interaction between the secondary endosymbiont $\it{Hamiltonella~defensa}$ and the bacteriophage $\it{APSE}$ ($\it{Acyrthosiphon~pisum}$ secondary ...
arxiv  

Evolutionary interplay between viruses and R‐loops

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Viruses interact with specialized nucleic acid structures called R‐loops to influence host transcription, epigenetic states, latency, and immune evasion. This Perspective examines the roles of R‐loops in viral replication, integration, and silencing, and how viruses co‐opt or avoid these structures.
Zsolt Karányi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A mechanical model of bacteriophage DNA ejection [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Single molecule experiments on bacteriophages show an exponential scaling for the dependence of mobility on the length of DNA within the capsid. It has been suggested that this could be due to the "capstan mechanism" -- the exponential amplification of friction forces that result when a rope is wound around a cylinder as in a ship's capstan.
arxiv   +1 more source

Targeted protein degradation in oncology: novel therapeutic opportunity for solid tumours?

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Current anticancer therapies are limited by the occurrence of resistance and undruggability of most proteins. Targeted protein degraders are novel, promising agents that trigger the selective degradation of previously undruggable proteins through the recruitment of the ubiquitin–proteasome machinery. Their mechanism of action raises exciting challenges,
Noé Herbel, Sophie Postel‐Vinay
wiley   +1 more source

The Appearance of Antiphage Antibodies in Sera of Patients Treated with Phages

open access: yesAntibiotics
Background: Bacteriophages are neutralized by the sera of patients undergoing phage therapy (PT), particularly during local or concomitant local and oral phage administration in bone infections, soft tissue infections, or upper respiratory tract ...
Marzanna Łusiak-Szelachowska   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

vB_BcM_Sam46 and vB_BcM_Sam112, members of a new bacteriophage genus with unusual small terminase structure

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2021
One of the serious public health concerns is food contaminated with pathogens and their vital activity products such as toxins. Bacillus cereus group of bacteria includes well-known pathogenic species such as B. anthracis, B. cereus sensu stricto (ss), B.
Olesya A. Kazantseva   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ion-dependent DNA Configuration in Bacteriophage Capsids [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Bacteriophages densely pack their long dsDNA genome inside a protein capsid. The conformation of the viral genome inside the capsid is consistent with a hexagonal liquid crystalline structure. Experiments have confirmed that the details of the hexagonal packing depend on the electrochemistry of the capsid and its environment. In this work, we propose a
arxiv   +1 more source

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