TWiM 265: Antiviral hotspots and desiccation tolerance

May 21, 2022

TWiM explains the discovery of hotspots of genetic variation containing reservoirs of anti-phage systems in E. coli phages and their parasitic satellites, and pathogen desiccation tolerance promoted by hydrophilins.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, and Michele Swanson

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