A Host-Produced Quorum-Sensing Autoinducer Controls a Phage Lysis-Lysogeny Decision
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2018.10.059
Abstract: Vibrio cholerae uses a quorum-sensing (QS) system composed of the autoinducer 3,5-dimethylpyrazin-2-ol (DPO) and receptor VqmA (VqmAVc), which together repress genes for virulence and biofilm formation. vqmA genes exist in Vibrio and in one vibriophage,… read more here.
Keywords: phage; lysogeny; quorum sensing; lysis ... See more keywords
Dormant phages communicate via arbitrium to control exit from lysogeny
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DOI: 10.1038/s41564-021-01008-5
Abstract: Temperate bacterial viruses (phages) can transition between lysis—replicating and killing the host—and lysogeny, that is, existing as dormant prophages while keeping the host viable. Recent research showed that on invading a naïve cell, some phages… read more here.
Keywords: arbitrium control; arbitrium; induction; lysogeny ... See more keywords