A newly discovered bacterial defense protein named Cat1 reveals an extraordinary method of viral neutralization. All living ...

Compared to viruses, bacteria are larger and have a more sophisticated structure that includes a cytoplasm, membrane, cell wall, and genetic material. Because they reproduce via binary fission ...

The STAND proteins all have a similar structure: a portion that ... additional copies of the STAND genes to bacteria allowed them to resist viral infection more effectively. This worked because ...

"All bacteria have double-stranded DNA, but viruses have different kinds of structure — there are DNA genomes, RNA genomes, ...

Viruses that attack bacteria, termed "phages" (short for bacteriophage ... Many phages have a stereotypical structure: a large "head" that contains their genetic material, perched on top of ...

making the bacteria more robust against previously encountered mutant viruses.” To determine exactly how cyclic tetra-adenylate binds to the transcriptional factor to regulate it, Parashar’s team ...

Bacteriophages, which are viruses that only infect bacterial cells, might be a solution to the problem ... and simulations to characterize the structure and function of a bacteriophage that normally ...

Phages, viruses that attack bacteria, have a head and a tail ... The components of this new immune system are similar in structure to a human immunity mechanism, and they might help reveal ...