Calling all phage enthusiasts! Interested in lysis-lysogeny switches? We've uncovered a fascinating mechanism where arbitrium phages exploit a tyrosine recombinase folding to repress the prophage induction, alongside a DNA mimicry strategy for prophage repression. www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...
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A DNA recognition-mimicry switch governs induction in arbitrium phages
Chmielowska et al. reveal how arbitrium phages coordinate host stress and viral communication
to control induction. An SOS-regulated antirepressor disables an unusual phage repressor
by DNA mimicry, w...
