If the infecting phage is virulent, the infection follows a lytic cycle, or for temperate phages ... In comparison to broad-spectrum antibiotics, viruses used for personalized phage therapy infect ...

The observed rapid cleavage of ICP4 indicates that a T-cell response to virus-infected cells can quickly remove a protein that is important for the initiation of the lytic replication cycle.

Even well-known proteins can surprise us; some go beyond their recognised roles, stepping in to awaken latent viruses and ...

A newly established team of researchers at Åbo Akademi University, led by Academy Research Fellow Silvia Gramolelli (Faculty of Science and Engineering), has discovered an additional function for Heat ...