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Turning a phage anti-defense weapon into an immunity trigger

Adelstein, Naama Aviram Most bacterial immune systems raise an alarm when they sense a phage. A new study in PLOS Biology shows how type II Panoptes reverses this logic by maintaining a quiet signal and sensing infection through its sudden disappearance.

Turning a phage anti-defense weapon into an immunity trigger

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Adelstein, Naama Aviram Most bacterial immune systems raise an alarm when they sense a phage.

A new study in PLOS Biology shows how type II Panoptes reverses this logic by maintaining a quiet signal and sensing infection through its sudden disappearance.

Most bacterial immune systems raise an alarm when they sense a phage.

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Adelstein, Naama Aviram Most bacterial immune systems raise an alarm when they sense a phage. A new study in PLOS Biology shows how type II Panoptes reverses this logic by maintaining a quiet signal and sensing infection through its sudden disappearance. Most bacterial immune systems raise an alarm when they sense a phage.

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Most bacterial immune systems raise an alarm when they sense a phage.

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