Phage small proteins play large roles in phage-bacterial interactions.
Curr Opin Microbiol
; 80: 102519, 2024 Aug.
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| ID: mdl-39047312
ABSTRACT
Phages have wide influence on bacterial physiology, and likewise, bacterial processes impinge on phage biology. Key to these interactions are phage small proteins (<100 aa). Long underappreciated, recent work has revealed millions of phage small proteins, and increasingly, mechanisms by which they function to dictate phage and/or bacterial behavior and evolution. Here, we describe select phage small proteins that mediate phage-bacterial interactions by modulating phage lifestyle decision-making components or by altering host gene expression.
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Bacteria
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Bacteriophages
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Viral Proteins
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En
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Curr Opin Microbiol
Journal subject:
MICROBIOLOGIA
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2024
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Article
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